Three patients developed acute Guillain-Barré syndrome while on steroid treatment. The first patient suffered from ulcerative colitis and developed Guillain-Barré syndrome when the steroid dosage was being tapered. Another patient with long-standing multiple sclerosis received steroids during relaps
Treatment of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Induced by Cyclosporine in a Lung Transplant Patient
✍ Scribed by Jeremy A. Falk; Francis C. Cordova; Anca Popescu; Gabriel Tatarian; Gerard J. Criner
- Book ID
- 116518825
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1557-3117
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