Prospective study of clinical epidemiology of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Harbin, China

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-69

  Cheng, Qi ^a,d   Wang, De Sheng ^b   Jiang, Guo Xin ^a   Han, Hui ^b   Zhang, Yan ^b   Wang, Wen Zhi ^c   Fredrikson, Sten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d National Centre for Suicide Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Guillain Barr syndrome (GBS); Prognostic indicator; Prospective study; Subgroup

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGY; ONSET AGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142089812     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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