Miller-Fisher variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome.

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  • Weekitt Kittisupamongkol
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The authors declare that the material here submitted is original and is not currently under consideration nor has been accepted for publication elsewhere. All authors have read the manuscript and approved its submission. The authors have reported to the ACCP that no significant conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article. Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians (www.chestjournal. org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml). Correspondence to: Simon Kwok Fai Leung, BM, MPhil, Respiratory Laboratory, Grantham Hospital, 125 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; e-mail: [email protected] DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0553 References

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 136 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009