COVID-19 Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Report of Nine New Cases and a Review of the Literature.

Andreea Paula IvanIrina OdajiuBogdan Ovidiu Popescu Eugenia Irene Davidescu

Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (2022)

A link between COVID-19 and GBS might be possible; therefore, increased vigilance is required in the early identification of these cases for prompt diagnosis and treatment. Some notable differences such as an earlier onset of GBS symptoms, higher respiratory dysfunction, and higher mortality rates in COVID-19 patients have been observed between the presentation of GBS in the context of COVID-19 and GBS of other causes.

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