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Guillain–Barré syndrome variant with facial diplegia and paresthesias after reactivation of varicella zoster virus

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  1. Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210002, China

    Xiaodong Chen

  2. Department of Neurology, Shuyang People’s Hospital, Shuyang, Jiangsu Province, 223600, China

    Xiaodong Chen & Ying Wang

  3. Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, China

    Yongjun Cao

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Chen, X., Wang, Y. & Cao, Y. Guillain–Barré syndrome variant with facial diplegia and paresthesias after reactivation of varicella zoster virus. Neurol Sci 38, 1719–1720 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-2994-6

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