Guillain-Barré syndrome: Incidence and mortality rates in US hospitals

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1608-1613

  Alshekhlee, Amer ^a,b   Hussain, Zulfiqar ^a   Sultan, Badr ^a   Katirji, Bashar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 42949120590     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310983.38724.d4     Document Type: Article

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