Guillain-Barré syndrome following acute head trauma
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- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 63 (740) , 479-480
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.63.740.479
Abstract
A case of classical Guillain-Barré syndrome following acute head trauma is described. The association of Guillain-Barré syndrome with head injury per se is not well recognized, and a possible immunological explanation is proposed.Keywords
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