Polyneuritis cranialis: clinical and electrophysiological findings.
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Polyneuritis cranialis: clinical and electrophysiological findings.
A 13 year old boy, developed bilateral facial weakness, dysphonia and dysphagia acutely after a febrile illness. Neurological examination and MRI of the brain were normal. The CSF protein level increased. Blink reflex monitoring during clinical recovery was consistent with demyelination of the lower cranial nerves innervating the branchial arch musculature, a rare variant of Guillain-Barré synd...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.55.5.398