Guillain-Barré Syndrome During Active Brucellosis
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Guillain-barré syndrome during active brucellosis.
It has been reported that approximately two thirds of patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have had a prodromal illness within a four-week period preceding the onset of GBS. This prodromal illness is most commonly an upper respiratory tract illness or, secondly, gastroenteritis. However, specific infectious agents, such as mycoplasma, cytomegalovirus, Ebstein-Barr virus, vaccin...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Eurasian Journal of Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1308-8734,1308-8742
DOI: 10.5152/eajm.2010.43