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Anti-ganglioside antibodies in patients with Zika virus infection-associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Brazil. [PDF]

, 2019
Zika virus infection is associated with the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a neurological autoimmune disorder caused by immune recognition of gangliosides and other components at nerve membranes.
Alcantara, Luiz Carlos Junior, de Siqueira, Isadora Cristina, do Rosário, Mateus Santana, Ernst, Joel D, Mota, Sabrina, Pereira de Jesus, Pedro Antônio, Rivera-Correa, Juan, Rodriguez, Ana   +7 more
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Clinical Profile, Functional Outcome, and Mortality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Five-Year Tertiary Care Experience from Nepal

Neurology Research International, 2019
Introduction. Guillain-Barre syndrome is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in the adult population. It occurs at the rate of 0.34 to 4 per 100000 individuals.
Saroj Kumar Bhagat, Shrey Sidhant, Mukesh Bhatta, Ashish Ghimire, Bhupendra Shah   +4 more
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Reversible stress cardiomyopathy in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which autoantibodies mainly affect the peripheral nervous system. Autonomic dysfunction is a common and severe complication of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
A. Gravos, A. Destounis, K. Katsifa, P. Tselioti, K. Sakellaridis, V. Grammatikopoulou, C. Tsapas, A. Nodarou, P. Batiani, A. Prekates   +9 more
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Surgical Neurology, 1997
G uillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is characterized by rapidly progressive symmetric paralysis. The presenting symptoms are often most prominent in the proximal lower extremities and subsequently advance to involve the upper extremities. Bilateral facial weakness is common as well. Areflexia typically develops early in the course of the syndrome.
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Concomitant Guillain–Barré Syndrome in a young Sri Lankan male with severe ulcerative colitis

BMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Background Guillain–Barré Syndrome is an immune mediated polyneuropathy. Ulcerative Colitis is an immune mediated chronic inflammatory condition mainly of the large intestine. Guillain–Barré Syndrome can present as a rare extraintestinal manifestation of
Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Hishali Dahami Jayasundara, Vajira Tharanga Samarawickrama, Ranjith Peiris, Tilan Aponso, Danushi Abeynayake   +4 more
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Guillain-Barré syndrome: a century of progress [PDF]

, 2016
In 1916, Guillain, Barré and Strohl reported on two cases of acute flaccid paralysis with high cerebrospinal fluid protein levels and normal cell counts — novel findings that identified the disease we now know as Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS).
A Campbell, A Chiba, A Chiba, A Pestronk, A Uncini, AA Ilyas, AD Langmuir, AJ Sumner, AK Asbury, AK Asbury, AK Asbury, AM Fitzpatrick, B Parra, B van den Berg, BH Waksman, C Brechenmacher, C Fokke, C Hafer-Macko, C Linington, CE Hafer-Macko, CL Schengrund, CP O'Leary, E Díez-Tejedor, FG van der Meché, FH Geisler, G Guillain, GM McKhann, GM O'Hanlon, H Wis´niewski, HJ Willison, Hugh J. Willison, J Kaldor, J Matias-Guiu, JA Goodfellow, JC Dodge, JG McLeod, JH Rees, JJ Plomp, JM Pearce, John A. Goodfellow, JW Albers, JW Griffin, JW Prineas, K Kaida, K Susuki, KE Astrom, KM Rhodes, KN Greenshields, LB Schonberger, LD Osler, LM Araujo, LT Kurland, M Fisher, M Kadlubowski, M Vermeulen, MK White, N Shahrizaila, N Yuki, N Yuki, N Yuki, N Yuki, NA Gregson, O Landry, PA van Doorn, PO Osterman, R McGonigal, R McGonigal, R van Koningsveld, RA Hughes, RA Hughes, RJ Greenwood, RP Kleyweg, S Draganescu, S Kusunoki, S Lafontaine, S Rinaldi, S Rinaldi, S Rinaldi, SK Halstead, SK Halstead, SK Halstead, T Lasky, T Saida, TE Feasby, TE Feasby, TW Ho, TW Ho, VM Cao-Lormeau, W Wiederholt, W Yan, WE Haymaker, Y Nagai   +91 more
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Guillain–Barré syndrome with unilateral peripheral facial and bulbar palsy in a child: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Guillain–Barré syndrome is characterized by progressive motor weakness, sensory changes, dysautonomia, and areflexia. Cranial nerve palsies are frequent in Guillain–Barré syndrome.
Kamal Sharma, Supatida Tengsupakul, Omar Sanchez, Rozaleen Phaltas, Paul Maertens   +4 more
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A rare clinical presentation of Ebstein-Barr virus

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
In this letter we report a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with infectious mononucleosis. A 20-year-old woman presented to our hospital with weakness of legs and arms.
Çagatay Öncel
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Descending paralysis as an atypical presentation of Guillain–Barré Syndrome

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021
We herein report a case of a 55-year-old man with an unusual case of Guillain–Barré Syndrome. Its presentation is usually a progression of symmetric muscle weakness that is ascending from the lower extremities making its way more proximal and accompanied
Ala Mustafa, Babajide Adio, Alireza Yarahmadi   +2 more
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C1q-targeted inhibition of the classical complement pathway prevents injury in a novel mouse model of acute motor axonal neuropathy [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease that results in acute paralysis through inflammatory attack on peripheral nerves, and currently has limited, non-specific treatment options.
Barrie, Jennifer A., Cunningham, Madeleine E., Fewou, Simon N., Furukawa, Koichi, McGonigal, Rhona, Sankaranarayanan, Sethu, Willison, Hugh J., Yao, Denggao, Yednock, Ted A.   +8 more
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