Epidemiological and cohort study finds no association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

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Author information:
(1)Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK.
(2)National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
(3)Oxford School of Public Health, Oxford, UK.
(4)St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
(5)Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
(6)Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
(7)Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, UK.
(8)The Walton Centre National Health Service
(NHS) Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
(9)Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
(10)Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK.
(11)Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital Trust, Basildon, UK.
(12)Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire, UK.
(13)Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
(14)Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Berkshire, UK.
(15)Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
(16)Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
(17)North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
(18)Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
(19)Manchester Centre for Clinical Neuroscience, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
(20)West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford, UK.
(21)Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust, London, UK.

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