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Original Article

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment in Children with Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Nuran Gürses Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
,
Serap Uysal Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
,
Feyzullah Çetinkaya Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
,
Ismail Işek Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
&
Ayhan Gazi Kalayci Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
Pages 241-243 | Received 31 Oct 1994, Accepted 26 Jan 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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