Retrospective analysis of Slovenian patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-219

  Omejec, Gregor ^a   Podnar, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AREFLEXIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATAXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN TINGLING; SLOVENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TENDON REFLEX; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863494201     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2012.00397.x     Document Type: Letter

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