A 55-year-old diabetic woman suffered a posterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She developed contrast-induced nephropathy following coronary angiography. Acute fulminant uremic neuropathy was precipitated which initially mimicked Guillan-Barre Syndrome, hence reported.

● Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Juvenile RA (JRA) joints; less commonly lung, skin ● Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) skin, joints, kidneys, heart, brain, red blood cells, other ● Scleroderma skin, intestine, less commonly lung ● Sjogren's syndrome salivary glands, tear glands, joints ● Goodpasture's syndrome lungs, kidneys ● Wegener's granulomatosis blood vessels, sinuses, lungs, kidneys ●...

● Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Juvenile RA (JRA) joints; less commonly lung, skin ● Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) skin, joints, kidneys, heart, brain, red blood cells, other ● Scleroderma skin, intestine, less commonly lung ● Sjogren's syndrome salivary glands, tear glands, joints ● Goodpasture's syndrome lungs, kidneys ● Wegener's granulomatosis blood vessels, sinuses, lungs, kidneys ●...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the pattern of muscle weakness in patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 50 Iraqi patients aged one to 60 years diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome according to Asbury criteria, admitted in 5 Neurological Centers in Baghdad, Iraq between October 1997 and October 1999, were studied for pattern of musc...

in order to identify the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of childhood guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) in east azarbaijan province, clinical and electrophysiological data on 40 consecutive children with gbs, admitted to tabriz children's medical center from march 21st 1999 to march 20th 2002, were analyzed. all patients received intravenous immunoglobulin, 400 mg /kg/ day fo...

Guillain – Barre syndrome with no known etiology: Rule out scrub typhus - IJCA- Print ISSN No: 2394-4781 Online No:- 2394-4994 Article DOI 10.18231/j.ijca.2023.046, Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia-Indian J Clin Anaesth

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...

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a group of autoimmune syndromes consisting of demyelinating and acute axonal degenerating forms of the disease. Nerve conduction study helps differentiate the heterogeneous subtypes of GBS. Patients exhibit a progressive paralysis that reaches a plateau phase. In most patients, resolution is complete or near complete. Mortality from GBS most often is associated ...

To the Editor: We report the case of a 3 year-old girl with Guillain-Barre syndrome and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. She was admitted to the Children's Hospital of Tunis because she suddenly developed, some days after an upper respiratory tract infection, bilateral and symmetric weakness of the lower limbs. During the first week, she suffered from abdominal muscle weakness with moderate...