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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 10/2006

01-10-2006 | Correspondence

Locked-in state due to Epstein–Barr virus primary infection in an immunocompetent patient

Authors: Patrice Befort, Philippe Corne, Didier Milhaud, Michel Segondy, Liliane Landreau, Olivier Jonquet

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 10/2006

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Sir: Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) can occasionally present with acute quadriparesis and abolition of brain stem reflexes [1]. We report a fulminant presentation of GBS mimicking a locked-in state during an Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) primary infection in an immunocompetent patient. …
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Title
Locked-in state due to Epstein–Barr virus primary infection in an immunocompetent patient
Authors
Patrice Befort
Philippe Corne
Didier Milhaud
Michel Segondy
Liliane Landreau
Olivier Jonquet
Publication date
01-10-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2006
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0341-0

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