Guillain-Barré Syndrome Differential Diagnosis

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 266-278

  Randall, David P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIODARONE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ARSENIC; CIGUATOXIN; CYTARABINE; DISULFIRAM; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LEAD; MARINE TOXIN; MERCURY; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SAXITOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; STREPTOKINASE; SURAMIN; TETRODOTOXIN; THALLIUM; THIAMINE; VACOR;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ALCOHOLISM; AREFLEXIA; ARSENIC POISONING; ATAXIA; AXONAL INJURY; BOTULISM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLUE SNIFFING; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LEUKEMIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MERCURIALISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; PARESTHESIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TICK INFESTATION; VASCULITIS; WEAKNESS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HEAVY METAL POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFECTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953008905     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2010.02.006     Document Type: Review

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