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Chapter 43 - Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis

from Section 5 - Neurointensive Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2018

By
Ashish Agrawal  and
Kristine E. W. Breyer
Edited by
Arun Gupta ,
Adrian Gelb ,
Derek Duane  and
Ram Adapa
Arun Gupta
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Adrian Gelb
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge San Francisco/University of California, San Francisco
Derek Duane
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Ram Adapa
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
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Gupta and Gelb's Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care , pp. 303 - 312
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Blichfeldt-Lauridsen, L., Hansen, B.D.: Anesthesia and myasthenia gravis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2012; 56(1):17–22.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Godoy, D.A., Mello, L.J., Masotti, L., Di Napoli, M.: The myasthenic patient in crisis: An update of the management in neurointensive care unit. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2013; 71(9A):627–639.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Rabinstein, A.A.: Noninvasive ventilation for neuromuscular respiratory failure: When to use and when to avoid. Curr Opin Crit Care 2016; 22(2):94–99.Google ScholarPubMed
Wakerley, B.R., Yuki, N.: Mimics and chameleons in Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes. Pract Neurol 2015; 15(2):90–99.Google Scholar
Willison, H.J., Jacobs, B.C., van Doorn, P. A.: “Guillain-Barré syndrome.” Lancet 2016.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yuki, N., Hartung, H.P.: “Guillain-Barré syndrome.” N Engl J Med 2012; 366(24):2294–2304.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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