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. 2021 Nov 1;78(11):1409-1411.
doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.3287.

Rate of Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2

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Rate of Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2

Shirley Shapiro Ben David et al. JAMA Neurol. .

Abstract

This study establishes rates of Guillain-Barré syndrome relapse among Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine receivers.

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