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Guillain−Barré syndrome following measles infection: case report and review of the literature

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  1. Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Antonietta Filia

  2. Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy

    Giuseppe Lauria

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Filia, A., Lauria, G. Guillain−Barré syndrome following measles infection: case report and review of the literature. Neurol Sci 35, 2017–2018 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1841-2

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