Guillain-Barré syndrome and preceding infection with campylobacter, influenza and Epstein-Barr virus in the general practice research database.

Guillain-Barré syndrome and preceding infection with campylobacter, influenza and Epstein-Barr virus in the general practice research database.

A number of infectious agents have previously been suggested as risk factors for the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), but robust epidemiologic evidence for these associations is lacking.We conducted a nested case-control study using data from the United Kingdom General Practice Research...

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Main Authors: Clarence C Tam, Sarah J O'Brien, Irene Petersen, Amir Islam, Andrew Hayward, Laura C Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1828628?pdf=render

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