Seasonal variation of Guillain-Barré syndrome admission in a large tertiary referral center in Southern Iran: A 10 year analysis

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 60-63

  Haghighi, Afshin Borhani ^a,b   Banihashemi, Mohammad Amin ^c   Zamiri, Nima ^c   Sabayan, Behnam ^d   Heydari, Seyed Taghi ^c   Safari, Anahid ^e   Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Motaharri Clinic   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Guillain Barr syndrom; Iran; Pandemics; Periodicity; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WINTER;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865757641     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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