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Editorial
. 2020 Oct;91(10):1027-1029.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-324230. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

Guillain-Barré syndrome in times of pandemics

Sonja E Leonhard  1 , David R Cornblath  2 , Hubert P Endtz  3   4 , James J Sejvar  5 , Bart C Jacobs  6
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Editorial

Guillain-Barré syndrome in times of pandemics

Sonja E Leonhard et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: guillain-barre syndrome; neurovirology; virology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: DRC has received consultancy honoraria from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Alnylam Pharmaceuticalsc, Hansa Medical Ab, Pledpharma, Momenta Pharmaceuticals., CSL Behring, Sanofi-Aventis Recherche and Developpement, Pfizer Inc, Seattle Geneticsc, Octapharma Ag, Grifols, S.A., Cigna, Pharnext Sa, Annexon Biosciences, UCB Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, Biotest Pharmaceuticals., Argenx, Cytomx Therapeutics, Passagebio Pharma, Seattle Genetics, Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Disarm Therapeutics, Levicept, Amgen. Johns Hopkins University has the rights to The Total Neuropathy Score for which DRC receives royalty payments.

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Suspected and confirmed ZIKV cases reported in the Americas by the WHO between January 2015 and December 2017, displayed per four epidemiological weeks. In October 2016, the ZikaPLAN consortium was able to initiate with funding from the EU as part of the Horizon 2020 programme. EU, European Union.
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