Guillain-Barré syndrome in Ethiopian patients

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Melaku, Zenebe ^a   Zenebe, Guta ^a   Bekele, Abera ^b  

^a TIKUR ANBESSA HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644831182     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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