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The epidemiology of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in U.S. military personnel: a case-control study

BACKGROUND: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), the leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, is an autoimmune disorder involving the loss of the myelin sheaths encasing peripheral nerve axons, leading to a loss of nerve signaling and typically ascending paralysis. A number of infectious trigge...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Laura, Gormley, Robert, Riddle, Mark S, Tribble, David R, Porter, Chad K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19709434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-171