Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a post infectious polyneuropathy involving mainly motor but sometimes may also involve sensory and autonomic nerves. Weakness begins usually in the lower extremities and progressively involves the trunk, upper limbs; complete electrodiagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected Guillain-Barre syndrome requires both motor and sensory conduction studies, F resp...

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon neurological complication of dengue viral infection. It more commonly reported with Campylobacter jejuni, Epstein-Barr virus, and Cytomegalovirus We report case a 49-year-old man fever, who developed bilateral lower limb weakness areflexia on day two illness. He was diagnosed GBS as sequel infection the nerve conduction study showing evidence demyeli...

The Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute immune mediated progressive polyneuropathy having monophasic illness leading to paralysis. clinical features are ascending symmetrical muscle weakness that may lead respiratory failure. Diagnosis based upon presentation and supported by a lumbar puncture with CSF analysis demonstrating albumin cytological dissociation electrophysiological studies. O...

The syndrome of acute inflammatory idiopathic polyneuropathy is well known, the predominently motor type of which is recognised by the name of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), in which the maximum neurological deficit develops rapidly in days, plateaus for weeks and then subsides with the recovery occurring in weeks to months. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) has e...

BACKGROUND Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) can be caused by a number of conditions. A common preventable cause is poliomyelitis which is still being reported in Pakistan, Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), also known as Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, is another common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. It is important to recognize GBS in childhood as parents consider all acute flacci...

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) manifests as acute flaccid weakness of limbs, and is considered a monophasic illness. But recurrences have been reported. Published case studies suggest that 15% of patients who had GBS will have recurrent attacks. We describe a 66-year-old lady who presented with acute onset descending, symmetrical, areflexic, flaccid quadriparesis that progressed to respiratory f...

Parts of this thesis were adapted from the following papers. Interobserver agreement in the assessment of muscle strength and functional abilities m Guillain-Barre syndrome. submitted for publication.-Dutch Guillain-Barre study group. Design of a multicentre trial comparing the effect of high-dose immuno-globulin with plasma exchange in Guillain-Barre syndrome. submitted for publication.-Kleywe...

CONTEXT An unexplained increase in the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) occurred among recipients of the swine influenza vaccine in 1976-1977. Guillain-Barre syndrome remains the most frequent neurological condition reported after influenza vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) since its inception in 1990. OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends of reports to VAERS of G...

Acute manifestations of Organophosphate Compound (OPC) poison are due to effect cholinergic excess. Others are intermediate syndrome [IMS], organophosphate induced delayed neuropathy [OPIND] and chronic organophosphate induced neuropsychiatric disorder [COPIND]. All these manifestation have specific period of occurrence and duration. There are very sparse reports of toxic demylination due to OP...

guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) or acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory and mainly demyelinating disorder of the peripheral nervous system. cranial nerves are affected in over 50% of all cases, with the facial nerves being affected the most. it uncommonly presents as atypical forms such as brachial pharyngeal variant, miller fisher and other restricted...