Organic arsenic-induced Guillain-Barré-l
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Dr. Romain K. Gherardi; Dr. Patrick Chariot; Dr. Muriel Vanderstigel; Dr. Denis
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A young woman suffering from sleeping sickness was treated with melarsoprol. Thirty-eight days after the first administration of this organo-arsenic compound, myalgias, distal paresthesias and rapidly progressive weakness developed in all four limbs. Electrophysiological studies were misleading for