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Acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy with brain death-like manifestations: two case reports and literature review

2026-05-29

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background:</bold> Acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) presenting with brain death-like features is rare, rapidly progressive, and easily mistaken early in the course for brain death of unclear cause or for locked-in syndrome. Misdiagnosis may delay timely immunotherapy and supportive care. We describe two such patients from a single center and summarize the published...

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Literature Corpus work: 268e5062-75fe-58c4-aec7-c526aeb73bc6
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9507777/v1

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