Guillain-Barré syndrome complicating a Chikungunya virus infection

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2105-2107

  Wielanek, A C ^a,b   Monredon, J De ^a   Amrani, M El ^a   Roger, J C ^a   Serveaux, J P ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^b CHD Saint Denis de La Réunion   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 36448964205     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000277267.07220.88     Document Type: Article

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