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Guillain-Barre Syndrome [PDF]

The Open General & Internal Medicine Journal, 2007
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is caused by an inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy, which most commonly results from acute demyelination produced by a CD4 T-cell mediated response against myelin proteins. Axonal forms have also been recognized. Molecular mimicry between components of the bacterial wall of Campylobacter jejuni and gangliocytes in the ...
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Neuroborreliosis, or Both [PDF]

Cureus, 2020
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute paralytic neuropathy. Limited reports of GBS caused by tick-borne pathogens exist. Lyme disease is a tick-borne infectious disease that is commonly caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. The nervous system may be involved and is called neuroborreliosis. In this case, we report a 30-year-old female who presented to the
Sameea Husain-Wilson, Asia Filatov, Joey Owens   +2 more
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Diagnosis and management of Guillain–Barré syndrome in ten steps

Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare, but potentially fatal, immune-mediated disease of the peripheral nerves and nerve roots that is usually triggered by infections. The incidence of GBS can therefore increase during outbreaks of infectious diseases,
S. Leonhard, M. Mandarakas, F. Gondim, K. Bateman, M. L. B. Ferreira, D. Cornblath, P. V. van Doorn, M. Dourado, R. Hughes, B. Islam, S. Kusunoki, C. Pardo, R. Reisin, J. Sejvar, N. Shahrizaila, C. Soares, T. Umapathi, Yuzhong Wang, E. Yiu, H. Willison, B. Jacobs   +20 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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Neurosyphilis presenting with Guillain–Barre syndrome: a case report

BMC Neurology, 2023
Background Syphilis is associated with a wide variety of systemic presentations, earning it the moniker “The great mimicker”. Neurosyphilis is classically associated with meningovasculitis in the acute-subacute stage and tabes dorsalis and dementia ...
Hoameng Ung, Dominic Ferrey
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Guillain-Barre syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic: an overview of the reports

Neurological Sciences, 2020
Similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has neurological symptoms. COVID-19 patients have such clinical symptoms as headache,
K. Rahimi
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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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Case report: Guillain-Barre syndrome with pneumococcus – A new association in pediatrics

IDCases, 2018
Guillain-Barre Syndrome, an acute flaccid paralysis known to be caused by recent Gastro-intestinal infections mainly campylobacter, and Respiratory infections mainly mycoplasma pneumoniae and influenza.
Hassan El Khatib, Amal Naous, Soha Ghanem, Ghassan Dbaibo, Mariam Rajab   +4 more
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Guillain‐Barré syndrome during SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic: A case report and review of recent literature

Journal of the peripheral nervous system, 2020
Acute demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy (AIDP) is the most common type of Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS) in Europe, following several viral and bacterial infections.
Erika Scheidl, Daniel Diez Canseco, Aleksandar Hadji-Naumov, B. Bereznai   +3 more
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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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