Guillain-barré syndrome after chikungunya infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-496

  Lebrun, Gaëtan ^a,b   Chadda, Karim ^a   Reboux, Anne Hélène ^a   Martinet, Olivier ^a   Gaüzère, Bernard Alex ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 63849101244     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1503.071482     Document Type: Letter

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