Zika virus and Guillain-Barre syndrome: Is there sufficient evidence for causality?

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Leis, A Arturo ^a,b   Stokic, Dobrivoje S ^a  

^a METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Electrodiagnostic studies; Electromyography; Guillain Barre syndrome; Nerve conduction studies; Neurotropic virus; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY;

AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; POSTVIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZIKA FEVER;

EID: 84992151540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00170     Document Type: Article

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