Froin's syndrome mimicking Guillain–Barre syndrome in a patient with spinal epidural abscess

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(01): 338-339
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_11_17

Letter to Editor

Autor*innen

Luis Moscote-Salazar

Department of Neurosurgery, Red Latino, Latin American Trauma and Intensive Neuro-Care Organization, Bogota
Andrei Joaquim

¹Department of Neurosurgery, State University of Campinas

²Department of Neurosurgery, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, SP
Gabriel Alcala-Cerra

³Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital CARI, Barranquilla
Amit Agrawal

⁴Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Willem Calderon-Miranda

⁵Department of Radiology, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

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