Guillain-Barré syndrome with absent brainstem reflexes - A report of two cases

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 867-869

  Joshi, M C ^a   Azim, A ^a   Gupta, G L ^a   Poddar, B P ^a   Baronia, A K ^a   Singh, R K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain death; Guillain Barr syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; CRANIAL NERVE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 56649083449     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600619     Document Type: Article

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