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01-10-2016 | Neurocritical care through history

Guillain–Barré Syndrome

Author: Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

Published in: Neurocritical Care | Issue 2/2016

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In about 20–30 % of patients with Guillain–Barré (GBS) syndrome, the disorder becomes a neurocritical illness, which not only wholly changes the clinical picture but also increases in-hospital morbidity. Neurointensivists have been taking care of these patients since the specialty came into focus and particularly after the publications on GBS from the Massachusetts General Hospital [1‐3]. …

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Title: Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Author: Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer New York
Published in: Neurocritical Care / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Electronic ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-016-0323-1

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