Guillain-Barré syndrome revealing visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent women;Syndrome de Guillain-Barré révélateur d'une leishmaniose viscérale chez une patiente non immunodéprimée

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1046-1048

  Attarian, S ^a   Serratrice, J ^a   Mazodier, C ^a   Disdier, P ^a   Azulay, J P ^a   Pouget, J ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0345307198     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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