COVID-19 vaccine causing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare potential side effect

Ahmad S Matarneh; Alia Hani Al-Battah; Khalid Farooqui; Mohamed Ghamoodi; Mohammed Alhatou

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4756

COVID-19 vaccine causing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare potential side effect

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Aug 30;9(9):e04756. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4756. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Ahmad S Matarneh¹, Alia Hani Al-Battah^{1

2}, Khalid Farooqui¹, Mohamed Ghamoodi², Mohammed Alhatou²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Department of Neurology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

Abstract

Patients with neurological symptoms should be enquired about recent vaccination history. It is important after the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, which is newly introduced as it might link to the development of a wider variety of neurological diseases.

Keywords: COVID‐19 vaccine; Gullain‐Barre syndrome; neurology; pandemic.

Publication types

Case Reports