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Guillain–Barre syndrome following oral polio vaccination

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    Salman Naeem, Asma Shabbir, Abdus Salam Khan, Samia Ahmad, Khawaja Junaid Mustafa & Ammad Fahim

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Naeem, S., Shabbir, A., Khan, A.S. et al. Guillain–Barre syndrome following oral polio vaccination. J. Neurovirol. 22, 546–549 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-015-0405-4

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