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Post COVID-19 vaccination Guillain-Barre syndrome : three cases
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Rezania, F, Author
Alwedaie, S.M.J, Author
Malekdar, E, Author
Badi, Z, Author
Tabatabaei, S.M, Author
Mirzaasgari, Z, Author
Title of Periodical
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
Country of Publication
Kingdom of Bahrain
Place Published
Sakhir, Bahrain
Publisher
University of Bahrain
Date Issued
2022
Language
English
Subject
English Abstract
ABSTRACT:
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy. In two-thirds of patients,
it is preceded by an upper respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infection. Temporally associated cases of
GBS following COVID-19 vaccination have been described with different COVID-19 vaccines. In this study,
we report three cases of GBS patients following COVID-19 vaccine. Two of the studied patients received
the Sinopharm vaccine and one patient received the AstraZeneca vaccine. All patients were diagnosed
with acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) type of GBS, on nerve conduction studies. All three patients
responded well to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). The association between COVID-19
vaccination and GBS is not well understood and more studies are needed to establish whether it is merely
an association or a causal relationship.
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https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/id/82c369e0-58c5-485e-9daf-af64b752f073