Clinical and Neurophysiological Pattern of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Kuwait
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Clinical and neurophysiological pattern of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Kuwait.
OBJECTIVE To study the clinical and neurophysiological pattern of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Kuwait. MATERIALS AND METHODS The clinical records of consecutive GBS patients admitted to Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait, during a 7-year period between 1997 and 2003 were analyzed. RESULTS Of the 41 cases, 77% were male. The majority of the cases presented during the winter months and a preceding...
متن کاملClinical and Neurophysiological Pattern of Guillain-Barr Syndrome in Kuwait
Objective: To study the clinical and neurophysiological pattern of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Kuwait. Materials and Methods: The clinical records of consecutive GBS patients admitted to Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait, during a 7-year period between 1997 and 2003 were analyzed. Results: Of the 41 cases, 77% were male. The majority of the cases presented during the winter months and a preceding ...
متن کاملGuillain-Barré syndrome: clinical profile and management
INTRODUCTION Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a fulminant polyradiculoneuropathy that is acute, frequently severe and autoimmune in nature. Etiology of GBS is incompletely understood, prognosis is usually good with early detection and prompt treatment. This retrospective study was done to evaluate clinical profile, epidemiological, laboratory, and electrodiagnostic features of patients with GBS...
متن کاملCharacteristics of Guillain-Barré syndrome: brief report
Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune inflammatory disease, which manifests itself as an acute motor weakness of the organs, diagnosed as affecting the motor spinal nerve roots generally and causing muscle and motor weakness, the cause of this disease is the presence of active antibodies against the myelin sheath around the spinal nerve roots. Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most ...
متن کاملClinical characteristics of childhood guillain-barré syndrome.
OBJECTIVES To find the incidence, clinical pattern and outcome of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the Sultanate of Oman in children less than 15 years of age. METHODS All children under fifteen years with acute flaccid paralysis were admitted to identify the underlying cause. The diagnosis of Gullain Barre syndrome was made by clinical criteria, cerebrospinal fluid findings and nerve conduction st...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1011-7571,1423-0151
DOI: 10.1159/000090916