Prognosis in Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Occurrence, clinical manifestations, and prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

In order to obtain more information on the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome and recent developments in its prognosis, we analysed the severity and prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome in children diagnosed and treated during the years 1980-6 throughout Finland. The criteria for Guillain-Barré syndrome were fulfilled in 14 boys and 13 girls. The mean annual number of cases of Guillain-Barré ...

Detection of Autoantibodies against Gangliosides in Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Characteristics 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 ...

Prognosis in Guillain-Barré syndrome.

The case-records of 71 patients from previous therapeutic trials were used to determine features in clinical presentation that might be useful in predicting the outcome of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. The major features adversely affecting prognosis were severe maximum deficit requiring ventilation and failure to improve within 3 weeks of reaching peak deficit. The risk of poor outcome in a pat...

Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)

The discovery of the Guillain-Barré syndrome and related disorders Richard Hughes et al., London, United-Kingdom Pathophysiology of autoimmune polyneuropathies Marinos C. Dalakas, Athens, Greece Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) Pieter A. van Doorn, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy Peter Y.K. Van den Bergh, et...

Prognosis in severe Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Recent studies of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults have shown that the requirement for assisted ventilation correlates closely with a poor outcome, and the need for ventilation is now being used as an indication for plasmapheresis. As comparable studies in children have not been performed we reviewed our experience of patients who had Guillain-Barré syndrome severe enough to require assisted v...