Dr Christopher Allen, a clinical neuroscientist at Nottingham University, who wrote the article, acknowledged that the jury is out at this stage whether the jab caused the deadly syndrome and it could merely be association.
But it demonstrates the need for “robust post-vaccination surveillance” nonetheless, he said.
He stressed that the current crop of vaccines currently deployed are “very safe”.
Dr Allen proposed that the reaction may be “a cross-reactive immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein”, causing the immune system to overreact and the body to attack its own nerves.