Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 193-198 , April 2010

Could Helicobacter pylori play an important role in axonal type of Guillain-Barré Syndrome pathogenesis?

  • Mojdeh Ghabaee

      Affiliations

    • Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neurology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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  • Davod Ghanbarian

      Affiliations

    • Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neurology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 21 6690 4777; fax: +98 21 6649 5655.
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  • Gholamreza Nikbakht Brujeni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran
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  • Saeed Bokaei

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Farideh Siavoshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Shahriar Gharibzadeh

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Systems Laboratory, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Received 15 March 2009 ,Revised 7 November 2009 ,Accepted 13 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.008

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 193-198 , April 2010

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