Parts of this thesis were adapted from the following papers. Interobserver agreement in the assessment of muscle strength and functional abilities m Guillain-Barre syndrome. submitted for publication.-Dutch Guillain-Barre study group. Design of a multicentre trial comparing the effect of high-dose immuno-globulin with plasma exchange in Guillain-Barre syndrome. submitted for publication.-Kleywe...

To investigate whether antecedent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome are associated with the presence of specific antiganglioside antibodies, acute phase serum samples from 130 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome and 200 controls were tested. Anti-GM2 IgM antibodies were found more often in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome with CMV infection (22%) t...

Author affiliations: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseilles (R. Uch, P.-E. Fournier, C. Robert, C. Blanc-Tailleur, V. Galicher, R. Barre, F. Jordier, P. de Micco, D. Raoult, P. Biagini); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France (R. Uch, P.-E. Fournier, C. Robert, C. Blanc-Tailleur, R. Barre, F. Jordier, P. de Micco, D. Raoult, P. Biagini); Aix...

The clinical manifestations of Guillain Barre syndrome are usually confined to the nervous system, however in 20% cases there can be cardiovascular involvement in patients with dysautonomia contributing to the mortality. The cardiovascular manifestations of Guillain Barre syndrome are electrocardiographic changes, cardiac enzyme abnormalities and reversible left ventricular dysfunction. The ter...

Guillain-Barre syndrome, an acute or subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, usually causes ascending paralysis, areflexia, and sensory disturbances. l A similar syndrome, more chronic and sometimes relapsing, has been called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.2 Thought to have an immunologic cause, Guillain-Barre syndrome can be found in association with infe...

Miller Fisher syndrome is an uncommon disease and it is a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Miller Fisher syndrome also has rarer variants. Combined features of classic Guillain-Barre syndrome and Miller Fisher syndrome are uncommon. Here we are reporting a case of Miller Fisher variant with Guillain-Barre syndrome overlap in which ataxia, are flexia, oculomotor disturbance and limb weakness ...

Guillain-Barn! syndrome is a subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyradicular neuropathy of the peripheral nerves. It is characterized by varying degrees of weakness, sensory abnormalities, and autonomic dysfunction. The cause of Guillain-Barre syndrome is not completely understood, but it is believed to be a postinfectious autoimmune disorder, because approximately two thirds of all cases are...

Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare clinical entity classified as an ascending muscle paralysis led by autonomic nervous dysfunction due to autoimmune damage of peripheral nerves. Paraneoplastic Guillain-Barre syndrome has been described in association with some kinds of tumors (B-cell Lymphoma and small cell lung cancer). We describe the case of a 74-year-old woman affected by gastric adenocarci...

background : guillain-barre syndrome is an unusual complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation but it is extremely rare after solid organ transplantation such as kidney or liver transplantation case report : a 48-year-old man, a case of kidney transplantation presented with generalized weakness in an ascending pattern. history and examination were compatible with the diagnosis of gu...

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