Clinical and Electrophysiologic features of Guillan-Barre syndrome in 23 children (1-15 y.old) were prospectively studied during 2 years (Jan. 97 to Jan. 99). These studies were performed at admission in hospital and one month later. 5 patients requied respiratory assistance (G5) and 15 patients were bedridden (G4). 2 patients had chronic GBS and one had recurrence after 6 months. Neurophysiol...

INTRODUCTION Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired autoimmune disorder with progressive weakness. Acute-onset CIDP resembles Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rapidly progressive disorder, and follows a chronic course. To our knowledge, no case of acute-onset CIDP in hantavirus and hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection has been reported previously. CLINICAL FIND...

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small-vessel vasculitis associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) which commonly affects the peripheral nervous system. A 38-year-old female with a history of asthma presented with a 2-week history of bilateral lower extremity paresthesias that progressed to symmetric ascending paralysis. Nerve conduction studies coul...

objective guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is the most common cause of acute neuromuscular paralysis in children, its pathogenesis most probably involving an autoimmune response to schwann cell or peripheral nerve myelin antigens. steroid regimes improve demyelinating diseases such as chronic gbs. we assessed the benefit of high dose methylprednisolone (mp) combined with intravenous immunoglobulin...

Introduction In Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS), worsening of weakness or disability after initial period of recovery or stabilization is described as treatment-related fluctuations (TRF). Aim This study aims to describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of six patients with GBS and TRF. Patients and Methods Six patients with GBS fulfilling NINCDS criteria, evaluated at a tertiary care...

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is becoming one of the greatest concerns nowadays all over the world due to its rapid geographic spread and the involvement of central nervous system (CNS) in newborns and adults. Since the first report of outbreak in Brazil in 2015, microcephaly, Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and ocular anomalies have been associated with ZIKV infection, although approximately 80% o...

Dear Sir, Lyme disease, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, is a tick‐borne disease, the global distribution of which corresponds to the distribution of Ixodes tick that transmits the organism.[1] Although very commonly reported from the temperate regions of the world, the incidence has increased worldwide due to increasing travel and changing habitats of the vector. Neuroborreliosis...

Objective To highlight treatment resistance of concurrent Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Background Coincidence SLE GBS is an uncommon complicated course autoimmune disease. Treatment further by pregnancy exacerbation SLE. Design/Methods We report a case acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) subtype in young pregnant woman her early 20s presenting wi...

Background The Zika virus disease (ZVD) has had a huge impact on public health in Colombia for the numbers of people affected and the presentation of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and microcephaly cases associated to ZVD. Methods A retrospective descriptive study was carried out, we analyze the epidemiological situation of ZVD and its association with microcephaly and GBS during a 21-month pe...

background: incidence and predominant subtype  of guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) differs geographically. electrophysiology has an important  role in early diagnosis and  prediction  of prognosis. this study  is conducted to determine the frequent  subtype  of gbs in a large group of patients  in iran and compare  nerve conduction studies in axonal and demyelinating forms of gbs. methods:    we  ...