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Article History

Received: 6 November 2017

Accepted: 25 June 2018

First Online: 5 July 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study protocol was carried out in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. The study was explained to the patients who participated voluntarily in the project and gave a written consent. This was a non-interventional study, with no additional investigation into routine procedures. The biological material was used for the standard diagnosis of the presence of GBS, following the prescriptions of the doctors. No additional sampling or modification of the Protocol was performed. Data analyses were performed using an anonymous database. Therefore, the approval was considered unnecessary according to the guidelines of our country (Law on Data Protection -Organic Law 15/1999 of 13 December on the protection of data of a personal nature,).

: Not applicable.

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