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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
During the recent polio epidemic in Finland, 3 patients were initially misdiagnosed as Guillain-Barré polyradiculitis, and 1 of them was treated with plasma exchange. The follow-up until 2 years showed no difference in the recovery between this patient and the 2 other poliomyelitis patients treated without plasma exchange. The importance of the differential diagnosis between acute poliomyelitis and acute Guillain-Barré polyradiculitis is emphasized. An evaluation scheme includes sequential physical and cerebrospinal fluid examinations, together with viral antibody determinations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-4762
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Unintended plasma exchange therapy in poliomyelitis: difficulties in the differential diagnosis of paralytic poliomyelitis and polyradiculitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports