Surgery and risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome
A French nationwide epidemiologic study
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- Received February 19, 2018
- Accepted in final form June 28, 2018
- First Published August 24, 2018.
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Author Disclosures
- Jérémie Rudant, MD, PhD*,
- Axelle Dupont, MD*,
- Yann Mikaeloff, MD, PhD,
- Francis Bolgert, MD,
- Joël Coste, MD, PhD and
- Alain Weill, MD
- Jérémie Rudant, MD, PhD*,
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- Axelle Dupont, MD*,
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- Yann Mikaeloff, MD, PhD,
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- Francis Bolgert, MD,
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- Joël Coste, MD, PhD and
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- Alain Weill, MD
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- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France.
- Correspondence
Dr. Rudant jeremie.rudant{at}assurance-maladie.fr
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- Jérémie Rudant, Epidemiologist, Caisse Nationale de l’Assurance Maladie
- Axelle Dupont, Epidemiologist, Caisse Nationale de l’Assurance Maladie
- Yann Mikaeloff, Neurologist, Hopital Bicetre, Unite de Reeducation Neurologique Infantile
- Francis Bolgert, Neurologist, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Reanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1
- Joël Coste, Epidemiologist, Caisse Nationale de l’Assurance Maladie
- Alain Weill, Epidemiologist, Caisse Nationale de l’Assurance Maladie
Submitted January 08, 2019 - Guillain-Barré syndrome following surgery
- Israel Steiner, Neurologist, Rabin Medical Center
Submitted December 18, 2018
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