Clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an important cause of acute neuromuscular paralysis. Molecular mimicry and a cross-reactive immune response play a crucial part in its pathogenesis, at least in those cases with a preceding Campylobacter jejuni infection and with antibodies to gangliosides. The type...

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Published in:	Lancet neurology Vol. 7; no. 10; pp. 939 - 950
Main Authors:	van Doorn, Pieter A, Ruts, Liselotte, Jacobs, Bart C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2008 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Apheresis Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - etiology Campylobacter Campylobacter jejuni Disease Progression Epidemiology Fatigue Gangliosides Guillain-Barre syndrome Guillain-Barre Syndrome - complications Guillain-Barre Syndrome - epidemiology Guillain-Barre Syndrome - etiology Guillain-Barre Syndrome - therapy Humans Immune response Immunoglobulins Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - immunology Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use Infection Infections Influenza Intravenous administration Miller-Fisher syndrome Neurology Pain Paralysis Pathogenesis Patients Poliomyelitis Prognosis Proteins Treatment Outcome Vaccines West Nile virus United States > US
ISSN:	1474-4422, 1474-4465
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