Campylobacter jejuni infection in Guillain-Barré syndrome: A prospective case control study in a tertiary care hospital

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 717-721

  Sharma, A ^a   Lal, V ^a   Modi, M ^a   Vaishnavi, C ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute motor axonal neuropathy; Campylobacter jejuni; Guillain Barr syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPRING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WINTER;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 81155135267     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.86547     Document Type: Article

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