Guillain-Barré syndrome in the course of dengue: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-146

  Querino Santos, Nilse ^a,b   Azoubel, Ana Cláudia B ^b   Lopes, Antonio Alberto ^b,c   Costa, Gersonita ^b   Bacellar, Aroldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Medicina da UFBA

Author keywords

Dengue; Guillain Barr syndrome; Radiculoneuritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MYALGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842842379     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000100025     Document Type: Article

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