A 57-year-old woman developed rapidly progressive, symmetric, extremity weakness, facial diplegia, ophthalmoplegia, respiratory insufficiency, and sensory ataxia over a 3-week period. Electrodiagnostic studies were performed on days 6, 13, and 50 following the onset of weakness. Motor nerve conducti
AAEE case report #4: Guillain-Barré syndrome
✍ Scribed by James W. Albers
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 617 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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