Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Jingzhou Central Hospital, Jingzhou, China.
² Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
³ Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: mztcs@163.com.

Case Reports

Hua Zhao et al. Lancet Neurol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;19(5):383-384.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30109-5. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

¹ Department of Neurology, Jingzhou Central Hospital, Jingzhou, China.
² Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
³ Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: mztcs@163.com.

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Camdessanche JP, Morel J, Pozzetto B, Paul S, Tholance Y, Botelho-Nevers E. Camdessanche JP, et al. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2020 Jun;176(6):516-518. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 15. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2020. PMID: 32334841 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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