Guillain-Barré syndrome after streptokinase therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
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Some drugs including streptokinase have been reported to precipitate Guillain-Barré syndrome. We report a 70-year-old man with acute anterior myocardial infarction who developed Guillain-Barré syndrome seven days after thrombolytic therapy with streptokinase.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Internal medicine
دوره 49 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010