Matthew Aharonov, Neelesh Parikh, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
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We report a case of a 72-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with a complaint of generalized weakness. The patient was found to have ascending muscle weakness and subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19 related Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Our patient was negative for Campylobacter jejuni . In addition, the patient did not have fever, respiratory symptoms or loss of the sensation of taste.