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Narges Karimi, Reza Boostani, Farzad Fatehi, Akram Panahi, Ali Asghar Okhovat, Bentolhoda Ziaadini, Keivan Basiri, Siamak Abdi, Farnaz Sinaei, Mojtaba Rezaei, Gholamreza Shamsaei, Behnaz Ansari, and Shahriar Nafissi
September 1, 2021
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

"2. Methods

In this study, nine patients were introduced from four referral centers for neuromuscular disorders in Iran between April 8 and June 20, 2021. Four patients had received Sputnik V, two patients had received the Sinopharm, and one patient had received the AstraZeneca [Covid] vaccine. According to clinical examination, laboratory tests, including CSF analysis and electrodiagnostic (EDX) study, all patients were diagnosed with GBS [Guillain-Barre Syndrome]...

5. Conclusion 

...GBS [occurred] after receiving the first dose of vector-based and inactivated COVID-19 vaccine 4–37 days after vaccination. The link between the COVID-19 vaccine and GBS is not well understood, but possible mechanisms such as epitopes cross-reaction have been implicated..."

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adverse events,autoimmunity,COVID-19,neurological disorders,vaccines