Acute multiple cranial neuropathy: An oculopharyngeal variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 376-378

  Dosi, Rupal ^a   Ambaliya, Annirudh ^a   Patel, Niyati ^a   Shah, Monisha ^a   Patell, Rushad ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Multiple cranial nerve palsy; Oculopharyngeal GBS

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DYSPHAGIA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL REGURGITATION; NASAL TWANG; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PTOSIS; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907527443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2014.2123     Document Type: Article

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