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Comment
. 2021 Jun 22;144(5):e43.
doi: 10.1093/brain/awab067.

Guillain-Barré syndrome, SARS-CoV-2 and molecular mimicry

Guglielmo Lucchese  1 , Agnes Flöel  1
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Guillain-Barré syndrome, SARS-CoV-2 and molecular mimicry

Guglielmo Lucchese et al. Brain. .
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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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