Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department

Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS), although an uncommon diagnosis in the emergency department (ED), usually presents as one of the more common chief complaints—weakness. In this report we present an unusual case of weakness, initially seen in the ED and sent home only to return with worsening symptoms a...

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Autores principales: Sheridan, Josh M., Smith, Dustin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010
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Clinical Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20411083
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description Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS), although an uncommon diagnosis in the emergency department (ED), usually presents as one of the more common chief complaints—weakness. In this report we present an unusual case of weakness, initially seen in the ED and sent home only to return with worsening symptoms and ultimately found to be GBS.
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spelling pubmed-28508612010-04-21 Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department Sheridan, Josh M. Smith, Dustin West J Emerg Med Clinical Practice Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS), although an uncommon diagnosis in the emergency department (ED), usually presents as one of the more common chief complaints—weakness. In this report we present an unusual case of weakness, initially seen in the ED and sent home only to return with worsening symptoms and ultimately found to be GBS. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2850861/ /pubmed/20411083 Text en Copyright © 2010 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department
title Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department
title_full Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department
title_fullStr Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department
title_full_unstemmed Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department
title_short Atypical Guillain-Barré in the Emergency Department
title_sort atypical guillain-barré in the emergency department
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