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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 12:2020:7258327.
doi: 10.1155/2020/7258327. eCollection 2020.

Faster Recovery of Internal Ophthalmoplegia than External Ophthalmoplegia in a Miller Fisher Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Golla Abhinav  1 , Jorge Gamez Jr  1 , Michael C Yang  1 , Tetyana Vaysman  2 , Michelle von Gunten  1 , Antonio Liu  1
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Faster Recovery of Internal Ophthalmoplegia than External Ophthalmoplegia in a Miller Fisher Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Golla Abhinav et al. Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. .

Abstract

We present a case of classic Miller Fisher Syndrome (MFS) variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) with detailed description in the difference between the internal and external ophthalmoplegia. They are different in their onset, duration, and recovery.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this case report.

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Daily pupillometry measurements. Relationship between pupil size and NPi.
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