To study the extent to which patients experience residual problems in daily functioning several years after having Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) a survey of 123 patients who had had Guillain-Barré syndrome three to six years previously was performed, using the sickness impact profile (SIP) for measuring functional health status and a functional assessment scale (F score) for measuring physical ...

Sir, We have read with great interest the McGonigal et al. (2010) article, which addresses the pathogenic role of GD1a antibodies and complement activation for node of Ranvier dysfunction. Nodal injury might explain several electrophysiological features and clinical symptoms in patients with Guillain–Barré syndrome including the sometimes rapid recovery from paralysis. In our opinion, the repor...

A 16-month-old girl was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and transferred to our hospital on the 58th day of the hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after treatment failure according to the Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-2004 protocol. On admission to our hospital, she had a flaccid paralysis of her lower limbs. Nerve conduction studies showed a acute motor...

Abstract Introduction This article reports a case of the difficulty to differentiate between critical illness polyneuropathy and axonal Guillain–Barré syndrome when triggered by subarachnoid haemorrhage. Case report An 81-year-old man was admitted comatose (Glasgow coma scale score 4/15) after a subarachnoid haemorrhage. His neurological condition gradually improved with as best motor response ...

Olanzapine is the most commonly prescribed atypical antipsychotic drug. Recently there has been increased concern over possible adverse metabolic effects of this drug. The authors describe the first case of Guillain-Barré-like syndrome associated with an olanzapine hypersensitivity reaction. The presence of progressive numbness, motor weakness, or pain in the limbs of patients receiving olanzap...

Barium poisoning is an important cause of areflexic quadriplegia associated with hypokalemia. Presenting features may mimic Guillain-Barre syndrome. A high index of suspicion of barium poisoning in two patients who presented with features resembling Guillain-Barre syndrome, led to timely management and early recovery in both the cases.

Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyneuropathy, often characterized by symmetrical weakness and areflexia. It considered to be autoimmune disease triggered previous bacterial or viral infections. Miller Fisher’s syndrome one of the most common variants GBS, it trauma with areflexia, ataxia, ophthalmoparesis. Mortality 1-2% in childhood GBS generally develops due respirato...

)ften difficult. Often, clinical tésting of the sensory :uflctions is neither reliable nor helpful in the determination. Theoretically, predominant proximal . veakness, neck flexor weakness, and facial weakness occur more often in patients with myopathy. Dn needle electromyography, low amplitudes and short duration of the motor unit potentials suggest myopathy. Normal sensory nerve action poten...

n-hexane neuropathy has been described after glue sniffing and industrial exposure. onset may be subacute and reminiscent of guillain-barre' syndrome. five patients (15-18 years old) presented with paresthesia, severe weakness of the extremities particularly lower extremities, as well as muscular atrophy, total areflexia and gait disturbances were admitted in hospital in march 2003. all of thes...