Molecular mimicry between microbial and self-components is postulated as the mechanism that accounts for the antigen and tissue specificity of immune responses in postinfectious autoimmune diseases. Little direct evidence exists, and research in this area has focused principally on T cell-mediated, antipeptide responses, rather than on humoral responses to carbohydrate structures. Guillain-Barr...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study was carried out to investigate the incidence, annual time trend and some epidemiological and clinical features of Guillain-Barre syndrome in children in the north west of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this population-based cross sectional research, epidemiological and clinical features of 143 cases with Guillain-Barre syndrome between 2001 and 2006 were studied...

BACKGROUND The consequences of emergency intubation in Guillain-Barré syndrome are not known. OBJECTIVE To review data from patients admitted to the intensive care unit with recent diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome and intubation for respiratory failure. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS The database of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome admitted to the intensive care units during the pas...

Objetivo: Sintetizar através de uma revisão pesquisas realizadas sobre os cuidados enfermagem aos pacientes portadores da Síndrome Guillain-Barré, juntamente com assistência sistematizada. Método: Realizou-se um estudo literatura do tipo sistemática, que proporcionou a síntese conhecimento e abordagem dos síndrome Guillain-Barré (SGB). Para buscas das publicações utilizou as seguintes bases dad...

Objectives: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute ascending flaccid paralysis that is often preceded by a mild bacterial or viral infection. Management options include supportive care, physiotherapy, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and plasmapheresis. Our aim was to compare IVIG treatment and supportive care to supportive care alone in cases of moderate to severe GBS in children less than...

OPINION STATEMENT Autoimmune neuromuscular disorders in childhood include Guillain-Barré syndrome and its variants, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG), and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), along with other disorders rarely seen in childhood. In general, these diseases have not been studied as extensively as they have been in adults....