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Predictors of respiratory failure in Guillain–Barré syndrome

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boxed-textDurand MC et al. (2006) Clinical and electrophysiological predictors of respiratory failure in Guillain–Barré syndrome: a prospective study. Lancet Neurol 5: 1021–1028

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  1. S Kusunoki is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan,

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  2. P van Doorn is Professor of neuromuscular disorders at the Department of Neurology, Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,

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