Evolving pattern of Guillain-Barre syndrome in a community hospital in Israel

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 347-350

  Kushnir, M ^a   Klein, C ^a   Pollak, L ^a   Rabey, J M ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Axonal Guillain Barre syndrome; Electromyography; Electrophysiological diagnosis; Guillain Barre syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; ACUTE MOTOR SENSORY AXONAL NEUROPATHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CRANIAL NERVE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; POLYNEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41949141926     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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