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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2022

Finger Drop-Dominant Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Patient With COVID-19: A Case Report.

Minsung Kang, Hung Youl Seok

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Minsung KangDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6206-0891
Hung Youl SeokDepartment of Neurology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. shy2354@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9938-5355
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center · KRKyungpook National University Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that may trigger Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in selected patients. We describe a case of GBS presenting as marked finger extensor weakness in a 73-year-old woman with COVID-19. Her clinical and electrophysiological findings were consistent with a diagnosis of acute motor axonal neuropathy subtype of GBS with prominent finger dropping. Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin for 5 days completely resolved her finger extension weakness after 19 months, although other involved extremities recovered earlier at 3 months. This study highlights that COVID-19-associated GBS can present in various forms aside from the classic variant, even in patients without any COVID-19 symptoms. Therefore, it is important to always consider the diagnosis of GBS in patients with COVID-19.

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COVID-19Guillain-Barre SyndromeAgedFemaleHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousMuscle WeaknessSARS-CoV-2Immunoglobulins, IntravenousCOVID-19Finger DropGuillain-Barre SyndromeSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35607739
PMCPMC9127430
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