Guillain-Barré syndrome in a pediatric patient following infection due to Leptospira

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-31

  Bal, Abhijit M ^c   Bharadwaj, Renu S ^c   Gita, Nadimpalli ^a   Joshi, Suvarna A ^c   Thakare, Jyotsna P ^b  

^a Rao Nursing Home   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^c Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEROTYPE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; URINE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

EID: 0038137239     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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