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Case Reports
. 1990 Jun;45(6):456-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14333.x.

Guillain-Barré syndrome mimicking brainstem death

N R Coad  1 , A J Byrne
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Guillain-Barré syndrome mimicking brainstem death

N R Coad et al. Anaesthesia. 1990 Jun.
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Abstract

There must be a defined, predisposing condition to fulfil the criteria of brainstem death in the UK. A patient presented recently in coma and with absent brainstem reflexes, but no diagnosis was initially obvious. A subsequent diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome was made, and the patient made a full recovery.

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