Here, we present the first instance of Guillain-Barre syndrome variant in a patient with beta thalassemia and iron overload who had a history of transfusion before the onset of symptoms. Our patient was a 50- year-old Persian woman with history of intermediate thalassemia who had been treated with pack cells because of low hemoglobin level. Ten days after transfusion, she developed numbness of ...

BACKGROUND Diseases that cause acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) often progress rapidly, thus may cause life threatening complications, therefore, their diagnosis and cure are important. This study was carried out to investigate the causes of acute generalized weakness in children referred to Amirkola Children's Hospital, in Babol, Iran. METHODS In this case series, the epidemiological causes of ...

750 GUillain-Barre syndrome is an acute, symmet­ ric, ascending polyneuropathy that usually occurs after viral infection or immunization (Gilroy & Holliday, 1982). Patients initially show pa­ resis or muscle weakness in the lower limbs, followed rapidly by flaccid pamlysis of the peripheral muscles and eventually of the muscles of the trunk and upper extremities. Because of autonomic nervous sy...

guillain-barre syndrome is a neurologic disorder that may appear after infection or major surgery.  guillian-barre syndrome following cardiac surgery is rare and only based on case reports, and we review all of the published cases. a 52-year-old man after 5 months suffering from chest pain was referred to our hospital and underwent coronary artery bypass graft for 3 vessel disease. the patient ...

n-hexane neuropathy has been described after glue sniffing and industrial exposure. onset may be subacute and reminiscent of guillain-barre' syndrome. five patients (15-18 years old) presented with paresthesia, severe weakness of the extremities particularly lower extremities, as well as muscular atrophy, total areflexia and gait disturbances were admitted in hospital in march 2003. all of thes...

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