Study finds link between surgery and Guillain-Barr é syndrome

(American Academy of Neurology) A new study suggests that having surgery may be linked to developing Guillain-Barr é syndrome (GBS) for people with cancer or autoimmune disorders. The study, published in the Nov. 23, 2016, online issue of Neurology ® Clinical Practice, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, showed that 15 percent of those who developed the syndrome had a surgical procedure within two months prior to developing the disease.
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