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ReviewClinical immunology communications2022

Guillain-Barre syndrome: An autoimmune disorder post-COVID-19 vaccination?

Zafran Khan, Ubaid Ahmad, Daniya Ualiyeva, Obed Boadi Amissah, Asaf Khan, Zohaib Noor, Nasib Zaman

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Review in Clinical immunology communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Considerations on COVID-19 vaccination.Clinical immunology communications · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zafran KhanState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510530 China.
Ubaid AhmadCenter for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Pakistan.
Daniya UaliyevaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Obed Boadi AmissahUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Asaf KhanMinistry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of life sciences, Lanzhou University, 730000 Gansu, China.
Zohaib NoorCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, Guangdong, China.
Nasib ZamanCenter for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious condition that can present none or one or more of these symptoms: fever, cough, headache, sore throat, loss of taste and smell, aches, fatigue and musculoskeletal pain. For the prevention of COVID-19, there are vaccines available including those developed by Pfizer, Moderna, Sinovac, Janssen, and AstraZeneca. Recent evidence has shown that some COVID-19-vaccinated individuals can occasionally develop as a potential side effect Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a severe neurological autoimmune condition in which the immune response against the peripheral nerve system (PNS) can result in significant morbidity. GBS had been linked previously to several viral or bacterial infections, and the finding of GBS after vaccination with certain COVID-19, while rare, should alert medical practitioners for an early diagnosis and targeted treatment. Here we review five cases of GBS that developed in different countries after COVID-19 vaccination.

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AstraZenecaAutoimmuneCOVID-19Guillain-Barre syndromeModernaPfizerVaccine

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PMID38620684
PMCPMC8697478

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