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A CASE OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PRESENTING AS GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME


*Neurology Department, Royal Infirmary Leicester
Department of Medicine, Clenfield General Hospital Leicester
Correspondence to:
*Correspondence to Dr. R. J. Abbott, Department of Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester I.F.I 5WW.
Acute demyeKnating polyneuropathy has been reported only twice as a presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in female patients. We report a male presenting with an acute demyelinating polyneuropathy who subsequently was found to have SLE.
KEY WORDS: Polyneuropathy, Demyelination, Treatment
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