A case report of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a pregnant woman infected by COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Gynecology-oncology, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Madani Street, Tehran, 1617763141, Iran. drmarab@sbmu.ac.ir.
³ Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Student's Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Case Reports

Masoud Mehrpour et al. Acta Neurol Belg. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;121(4):1079-1080.

doi: 10.1007/s13760-021-01696-0. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

¹ Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Gynecology-oncology, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Madani Street, Tehran, 1617763141, Iran. drmarab@sbmu.ac.ir.
³ Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Student's Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Guillain–Barré Syndrome; Pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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