Epidemiology of childhood Guillan-Barre syndrome in the north west of Iran

BMC Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Barzegar, Mohammad ^a   Dastgiri, Saeed ^b   Karegarmaher, Mohammad H ^a   Varshochiani, Ali ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREND STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD CLIMATE; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLD CLIMATE; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548443355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-7-22     Document Type: Article

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