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A rare form of Guillain-Barré syndrome: pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2008
Guillain-Barré syndrome is clinically characterized by acute onset of generalized, symmetrical, and ascending muscle weakness and areflexia from peripheral nerve involvement. In Guillain-Barré syndrome variants, however, some patients have unusual
M Ozlem Hergüner, Tugay Tepe, Sakir Altunbaşak, Vildan Baytok   +3 more
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Severe Hyponatremia as the Initial Sign Preceding Guillain-Barré Syndrome, an Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2013
Guillain-Barré syndrome is an immune-mediated polyneuropathy that frequently presents with progressive muscle weakness. Hyponatremia has recently been described as a feature of this condition, generally appearing over the course of the illness and ...
Benjamin Kloesel, LaTonya J. Hickson
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Vaccines in Current Culture: The HPV Vaccine Controversy [PDF]

, 2020
The use of vaccinations has drastically decreased mortality and morbidity rates related to infectious disease and has become an intrinsic part of modern health care.
Johnston, Alyssa
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Early Guillain-Barré syndrome in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a case report from an Italian COVID-hospital

Neurological Sciences, 2020
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy associated with dysimmune processes, often related to a previous infectious exposure.
D. Ottaviani, F. Boso, E. Tranquillini, Ilaria Gapeni, G. Pedrotti, S. Cozzio, G. Guarrera, B. Giometto   +7 more
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Rate of Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2.

JAMA Neurology, 2021
Rate of Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2 On December 20, 2020, Israel initiated a national vaccination program against COVID-19.
S. Shapiro Ben David, I. Potasman, D. Rahamim-Cohen   +2 more
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Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy versus physical therapist‐led exercise and the risk of cauda equina syndrome in adults with lumbar disc herniation, stenosis, or radiculopathy

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Cauda equina syndrome is a surgical emergency often caused by lumbar disc herniation. Spinal manipulative therapy is commonly used for lumbar spine disorders, but case reports have raised concerns it may precipitate cauda equina syndrome. One cohort study suggested no increased risk, although it did not focus on patients with lumbar
Robert J. Trager, Anthony N. Baumann, Romeo‐Paolo T. Perfecto, Christine M. Goertz   +3 more
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Guillain-Barré

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018
Audience: This scenario was developed to educate emergency medicine residents on the diagnosis and management of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the emergency department.
Jennifer Yee, DO, Andrew M King, MD, Jeremiah Emerson, MD   +2 more
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Incidence, clinical, risk factors and outcomes of Guillain‐Barré in Covid‐19

Annals of Neurology, 2020
We diagnosed 11 Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) cases among 71,904 COVID patients attended at 61 Spanish emergency departments (EDs) during the 2‐month pandemic peak.
Marcos Fragiel, Ò. Miró, P. Llorens, S. Jiménez, P. Piñera, G. Burillo, Alfonso Martín, F. Martín-Sánchez, E. J. García Lamberechts, J. Jacob, A. Alquézar-Arbé, R. Juárez, Blas Jiménez, Rigoberto del Río, M. Mateo Roca, Arturo Huerta García, Nieves López Laguna, M. P. López Díez, Jorge Pedraza García, Amparo Fernández de Simón Almela, J. Lopez Diaz, Patricia Eiroa Hernández, Noemí Ruiz de Lobera, J. Porta‐Etessam, C. Fernández Pérez, E. Calvo, J. González del Castillo   +26 more
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Efficacy and Tolerability of Weekly Bortezomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone Protocols in Transplant‐Ineligible Newly Diagnosed Myeloma: An Australian Real‐World, Multicenter Study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.
RVD with weekly bortezomib dosing in real‐world newly diagnosed transplant‐ineligible myeloma shows comparable efficacy and reduced toxicity compared to twice‐weekly trial protocols. ABSTRACT Background Lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVD) remains a standard of care regimen for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in centers without access to ...
Samantha Kurniawan, Angela Hwang, Nicole Wong Doo, Tracy King, Christian Bryant, Jennifer Zhang, Kristina Whelan, Parisa Fani‐Molky, Giselle Kidson‐Gerber, Annmarie Bosco, Nada Hamad, Gurdeep Parmar, Fiona Kwok, Sam Lai, Silvia Ling, P. Joy Ho, Georgia McCaughan, Adam Bryant   +17 more
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High doses of immunoglobulin g in the therapy for severe forms of myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2006
Background/Aim. High doses of immunoglobulin G (IVIG) have been recognized as a very important therapeutic modality in the treatment of neurological diseases.
Lavrnić Dragana, Romić Marija, Kačar Aleksandra, Rakočević-Stojanović Vidosava, Stević Zorica, Vujić Ana, Basta Ivana, Marjanović Ivan, Bogdanović Gradimir, Apostolski Slobodan   +9 more
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