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An acute inflammatory autoimmune neuritis caused by T cell- mediated cellular immune response directed towards peripheral myelin. Demyelination occurs in peripheral nerves and nerve roots. The process is often preceded by a viral or bacterial infection, surgery, immunization, lymphoma, or exposure to toxins. Common clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, loss of sensation, and loss of deep tendon reflexes. Weakness of respiratory muscles and autonomic dysfunction may occur. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1312-1314)
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- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Guillaine-Barre Syndrome
- Landry-Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Guillain Barré Syndrome
- Guillain-Barré Syndromes
- Guillaine Barre Syndrome
- Landry Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Syndrome, Guillain-Barre
- Syndrome, Guillain-Barré
- Syndrome, Guillaine-Barre
- Syndrome, Landry-Guillain-Barre
- Acute Autoimmune Neuropathy
- Acute Infectious Polyneuritis
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathy
- Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Familial
- Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy Acute
- Polyneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory
- Polyneuropathy, Inflammatory Demyelinating, Acute
- Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory
- Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating
- Acute Autoimmune Neuropathies
- Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathies
- Acute Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathies
- Autoimmune Neuropathies, Acute
- Autoimmune Neuropathy, Acute
- Familial Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Familial Guillain-Barre Syndromes
- Guillain Barre Syndrome, Familial
- Guillain-Barre Syndromes, Familial
- Infectious Polyneuritis, Acute
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathies, Acute
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, Acute
- Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathies, Acute
- Neuropathy, Acute Autoimmune
- Polyneuritis, Acute Infectious
- Polyneuropathy Acute, Inflammatory
- Polyradiculoneuropathies, Acute Inflammatory
- Syndrome, Familial Guillain-Barre
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse entry term POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, ACUTE INFLAMMATORY with POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY see POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING
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2000; use POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY 1979-1999
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- Polyradiculoneuropathy (1966-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020275. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020275
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain%E2%80%93Barr%C3%A9_syndrome
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205214