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Comment
. 2021 Jun;26(2):235-236.
doi: 10.1111/jns.12439. Epub 2021 Mar 13.

Guillain-Barré syndrome decreases in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thirugnanam Umapathi  1 , Benjamin Er  2 , Jasmine Shimin Koh  1 , Yi Hui Goh  3 , Lily Chua  2
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Guillain-Barré syndrome decreases in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thirugnanam Umapathi et al. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2021 Jun.
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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Number of Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS) hospitalizations and COVID‐19 notifications, January 2019 to October 2020
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  • Epidemiological and cohort study finds no association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
    Keddie S, Pakpoor J, Mousele C, Pipis M, Machado PM, Foster M, Record CJ, Keh RYS, Fehmi J, Paterson RW, Bharambe V, Clayton LM, Allen C, Price O, Wall J, Kiss-Csenki A, Rathnasabapathi DP, Geraldes R, Yermakova T, King-Robson J, Zosmer M, Rajakulendran S, Sumaria S, Farmer SF, Nortley R, Marshall CR, Newman EJ, Nirmalananthan N, Kumar G, Pinto AA, Holt J, Lavin TM, Brennan KM, Zandi MS, Jayaseelan DL, Pritchard J, Hadden RDM, Manji H, Willison HJ, Rinaldi S, Carr AS, Lunn MP. Keddie S, et al. Brain. 2021 Mar 3;144(2):682-693. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa433. Brain. 2021. PMID: 33313649 Free PMC article.

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