Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Campylobacter Jejuni
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Campylobacter jejuni infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
BACKGROUND Although infection with Campylobacter jejuni is recognized as a common antecedent of the Guillain-Barré syndrome, the clinical and epidemiologic features of this association are not well understood. METHODS We performed a prospective case-control study in a cohort of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (96 patients) or Miller Fisher syndrome (7 patients) who were admitted to hosp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1994
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-3-14