Guillain-Barré syndrome after rubella.

Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with rubella.

A 34 year old male patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome following rubella is described. Diagnosis of the infection was made by the detection of specific IgM and IgG antibody. This is a rare association and has not been previously reported in an adult without a characteristic rash.

Detection of Autoantibodies against Gangliosides in Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination.

OBJECTIVE To assess the postulated causal association between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). STUDY DESIGN Active retrospective study based on linkage of the nationwide hospital discharge register with individual vaccination records. All patients hospitalized for treatment of GBS in Finland between November 1982 and December 1986 were included in the...

Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after seasonal influenza vaccination and influenza health-care encounters: a self-controlled study.

BACKGROUND The possible risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome from influenza vaccines remains a potential obstacle to achieving high vaccination coverage. However, influenza infection might also be associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome. We aimed to assess the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after seasonal influenza vaccination and after influenza-coded health-care encounters. METHODS We used the ...

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 ...