Keywords
Miller-Fisher syndrome
Guillain-Barre syndrome
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Abstract
Bickerstaff encephalitis is a rare post-infectious origin disease, with an acute severe presentation form, but generally with a benign course, its differentiation from Fisher syndrome is unclear, and its association with Guillain - Barre syndrome is already established. We report two cases treated at the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio.
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