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In a Patient With Pre-Existing Tetraparesis, GBS Should Be Diagnosed Only if All Differential Causes Have Been Ruled Out
By Mehri S and Finsterer J.
Abstract
In a patient with pre-existing proximal tetraparesis, progression to the distal limb muscles after 3 years should be attributed to Guillain-Barre syndrome only if differential causes of tetraparesis were thoroughly ruled out.
Keywords
- AMAN
- Guillain‐Barre syndrome
- intravenous immunoglobulins
- malaria
- nerve conduction studies
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