Seasonal Variation in Childhood Guillain- Barre Syndrome in Central India
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With the reduction of poliomyelitis Guillain Barre Syndrome has become the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in both developed and developing countries with an incidence 0.9-1.1 cases per 100000 children below 15 years of age [1,2]. A common misconception is that the GBS has a good prognosisbut up to 20% of patients remain severely disabled and approximately 5% die, despite immunotherapy [3]. Guillain Barre Syndrome is an immune mediated disorder of the peripheral nervous system which is triggered by either infectious or noninfectious factors [4]. Approximately 70% of cases occur 1-3 weeks after an acute infectious process. The organisim thought to be involved are campylobacter jejuni, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Haemophilus influenza, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus [5].
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