Guillain-Barré syndrome: Association with Campylobacter jejuni and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Gorthi, S P ^a   Kapoor, Lata ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Perez Perez, Guillermo I ^b   Panigrahi, Pinaki ^c   Behari, Madhuri ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 33745449449     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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