Guillain-Barré syndrome related to COVID-19 infection
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- Received April 2, 2020
- Accepted in final form April 13, 2020
- First Published April 29, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Paola Alberti, MD, PhD*,
- Simone Beretta, MD, PhD*,
- Marco Piatti, MD,
- Aristotelis Karantzoulis, MD,
- Maria Luisa Piatti, MD,
- Patrizia Santoro, MD,
- Martina Viganò, MD,
- Ginevra Giovannelli, MD,
- Fiammetta Pirro, MD,
- Danilo Antonio Montisano, MD,
- Ildebrando Appollonio, MD and
- Carlo Ferrarese, MD, PhD
- Paola Alberti, MD, PhD*,
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- Simone Beretta, MD, PhD*,
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Associated Editor, Frontiers in Neurology, from May 2019, I do not received compansation
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- Marco Piatti, MD,
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- Maria Luisa Piatti, MD,
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- Patrizia Santoro, MD,
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- Martina Viganò, MD,
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- Ginevra Giovannelli, MD,
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- Fiammetta Pirro, MD,
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- Danilo Antonio Montisano, MD,
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- Ildebrando Appollonio, MD and
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- Carlo Ferrarese, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisory Board of Gantenerumab Study (Roche) Scientific Advisory Board of Merck Scientific Advisory Board od DOC Scientific Advisory Board of Biogen
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Travel reimbursement from Roche to attend Advisory Board of Gatenerumab in San Diego (Nov. 2013) Travel reimbursement from Merck to attend Advisory Board (Rome, March 2018)
Member of editorial board of Neurological Sciences since 2011. No compensation Associate Editor of Parkinson Disease (no compensation)
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Textbook: Malattie del sistema nervoso, McGraw Hill, 2016
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1. Roche 2. Merck 3. Biogen 4. DOC
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- From the Department of Neurology (P.A., S.B., M.P., A.K., M.L.P., P.S., M.V., G.G., F.P., D.A.M., I.A., C.F.), San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy; School of Medicine and Surgery (P.A., S.B., M.P., A.K., M.V., G.G., F.P., D.A.M., I.A., C.F.), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy; and NeuroMi (Milan Center for Neuroscience) (P.A., S.B., I.A., C.F.), Milan, Italy.
- Correspondence
Dr. Alberti paola.alberti{at}unimib.it
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- RE: Guillain-Barre Syndrome Related to COVID-19 Infection. Comments after 16 published cases
- Cristina Guijarro-Castro, Neurologist. School of Medicine Professor, CINAC Puerta del Sur
Submitted May 20, 2020
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