The Ultimate Poker Face: A Case Report of Facial Diplegia, a Guillain-Barré Variant
Introduction: Facial diplegia, a rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), is a challenging diagnosis to make in the emergency department due to its resemblance to neurologic Lyme disease. Case report: We present a case of a 27-year-old previously healthy man who presented with bilateral facial...
Main Authors: | Joshua Lowe, James Pfaff |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-05-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1bt8r09p |
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