Guillain-Barré syndrome in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-393

  McGillicuddy, Daniel C ^a,b   Walker, Oriana ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644999720     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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