Criteria for the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome are reaffirmed. Electrodiagnostic criteria are expanded and specific detail added.
Quantitative assessment of cardiovascular autonomic function in Guillain-Barré syndrome
✍ Scribed by Dr. P. Flachenecker; P. Wermuth; H.-P. Hartung; K. Reiners
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 819 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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