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Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with the D222E variant of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus: case report and review of the literature.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jan 2012
Cortese Andrea, Baldanti Fausto, Tavazzi Eleonora, Carnevale Livio, Minoli Lorenzo, Lozza Alessandro, Marchioni Enrico
Abstract excerpt
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute immune-mediated disorder of the peripheral nervous system and a triggering infectious event is often reported in the weeks before the disease onset. Influenza viruses have been associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), both after infection and, in rare cases, after vaccination. However, GBS has rarely reported to be a neurological complication of the recent pandemic...
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