Pain accompanies pure motor Guillain-Barré syndrome: Letter to the editor

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-306

  Ruts, Liselotte ^a   Rico, Roberto ^b   Van Koningsveld, Rinske ^c   Botero, Juan D ^b   Meulstee, Jan ^d   Gerstenbluth, Izzy ^e   Merkies, Ingemar S J ^f   Van Doom, Pieter A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Willemstad   (Netherlands Antilles)

^c ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Epidemiology and Research Unit   (Netherlands Antilles)

^f Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58449083914     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Letter

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