Guillain-Barré syndrome after rubella
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- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 54 (631) , 333-334
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.54.631.333
Abstract
A case of polyneuropathy (Guillain--Barré syndrome) developing only 6 days after rubella infection in a 26-year-old woman is described. Serological confirmation of the viral infection by detecting the specific IgM antibody has not been previously reported in any of the rubella cases associated with the syndrome.Keywords
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