Guillain-Barré syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2294-2304

  Yuki, Nobuhiro ^a   Hartung, Hans Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1A ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GT 1A ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAXATIVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONSTIPATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSESTHESIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 84862155811     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1114525     Document Type: Review

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