Specific treatment has been shown to shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation in Guillain-Barre ´syndrome (GBS) and could obviate the need for tracheostomy in a significant proportion of patients. However, the factors predictive of prolonged ventilation are undetermined, and the timing and use
HIV seropositivity in Guillain-Barré syndrome
✍ Scribed by Joseph R. Berger; John A. Difini; Marc A. Swerdloff; D. Ram Ayyar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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