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Case Report

Miller Fisher Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Triggered by Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Danah Aljaafari1 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Salam Almustafa2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Abdulrahman Saleh Ali3 Department of Neurology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Hosam Aldalbahi3 Department of Neurology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Norah Ibrahim Albahli3 Department of Neurology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Feras AlSulaiman1 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-7096View further author information
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Anas Al dehailan1 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Majed Alabdali1 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Pages 339-342 | Published online: 20 May 2021

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