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Guillain–Barré syndrome and encephalitis/encephalopathy of a rare case of Northern China acute severe hepatitis E infection

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  1. Department of Neurology, Affiliated Shuyang People’ Hospital, XuZhou Medical College, No. 9, Yingbin Road, Shu town, Jiangsu, China

    Xiao-Dong Chen, Jin-Jin Zhou, Yuan-Wei Wang & Dao-Ming Tong

  2. Medical Evaluation Unit, Affiliated Shuyang People’ Hospital, XuZhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China

    Ye-Ting Zhou

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Chen, XD., Zhou, YT., Zhou, JJ. et al. Guillain–Barré syndrome and encephalitis/encephalopathy of a rare case of Northern China acute severe hepatitis E infection. Neurol Sci 35, 1461–1463 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1731-7

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