Author's reply: Diagnosing covid-19 associated Guillain-Barre syndrome
The acute onset and rapid progression (3 days) of neuropathic symptoms in both Case 1 and 3 is against the presentation of Typical Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy which by definition are chronic in onset and slowly progressive [1]. Uremic polyneuropathy was not considered in Patient 3 as again the onset of Uremic polyneuropathy is insidious and slowly progressive over months unlike our case [2]. Albumino-cytological dissociation present in both cases is also a supporting laboratory feature of Guillain Barre Syndrome [3].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Satyan Nanda, Rahul Handa, Atul Prasad, Rajiv Anand, Dhruv Zutshi Source Type: research
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