Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 390-392

  Babamahmoodi, Farhang ^a   Babamahmoodi, Abdolreza ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Guillain Barr syndrome; Neurobrucellosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; STUTTERING; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84855164332     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.91065     Document Type: Article

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