'Hyperacute' Guillain-Barré syndrome.

نویسندگان

  • I Steiner
  • I Wirguin
  • S C Blumen
  • M Dano
  • G Raphaeli
  • I Schwartz
  • I Korn-Lubetzki
چکیده

within 4 weeks [1] ; in another, the mean time from onset of symptoms to nadir was 9.7 ( 8 6.9) days (median time, 7 days) [2] . In an additional study from Japan [3] , the median time to nadir was 18.0 8 10.4 days for AIDP and 11.5 days 8 7.8 days for the acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) variant. The occurrence of GBS, in which maximal incapacity is reached within a day or Dear Sir, The criteria for the diagnosis of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) or Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) require the development of progressive weakness up to maximal motor disability within 4 weeks. Several studies have evaluated the time to maximal motor incapacity in the disorder. In one survey, 75% of patients reached their nadir within 2 weeks, 92% within 3 weeks and 94% Received: December 13, 2006 Accepted: March 31, 2007 Published online: October 11, 2007

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European neurology

دوره 59 1-2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008