Guil·lain-Bar·ré Syndrome

(gē-yăn′bə-rā′)

A temporary inflammation of the nerves, causing pain, weakness, and paralysis in the extremities and often progressing to the chest and face. It typically occurs after recovery from a viral infection or, in rare cases, following immunization for influenza.

[After Georges Guillain (1876-1961) and Jean Alexandre , Barré (1880-1967), French neurologists.]

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Guillain-Barré syndrome

(French ˌɡije ˈbareɪ)

(Pathology) an acute neurological disorder, usually following a virus or bacterial infection, that causes progressive muscle weakness and partial paralysis

[C20: named after Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967), French neurologists]

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Guillain-Barre syndrome - a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown

infectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysis

multiple neuritis, polyneuritis - inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)

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Guil·lain-Bar·ré syn·drome

n. Guillan-Barré, síndrome de, enfermedad neurológica rara que se evidencia por parálisis ascendente que comienza por las extremidades y puede llegar rápidamente a los músculos respiratorios en dos o tres semanas causando fallo respiratorio.

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Subtypes were typical acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP, n=102, 79.1%), acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN, n=11, 8.5%), acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN, n=10, 7.8%), Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS, n=5, 3.9%), pure sensory subtype (n=1, 0.8%).

Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Its Variants: Clinical Course and Prognostic Factors

Pseudo-INO can be seen in Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) or in Miller-Fisher syndrome, a GBS variant.

Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia in Myasthenia Graves/Myastenia Graviste Bilateral Internukleer Oftalmopleji

GQ1b antibody titer for Miller-Fisher syndrome was <1:100.

A Case of a 34-Year-Old Female with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Proximal Muscle Weakness

Variants of GBS include Miller-Fisher syndrome, acute motor (and sensory) axonal neuropathy (AMAN or AMSAN), and Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP), along with other much rarer phenotypes.

An Unusual Presentation of Acute Weakness: Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy in a Patient with Psychiatric Illness

GB syndrome in 30 patients and Miller-Fisher syndrome in two patients were responsible for cranial neuropathy and in 3 patients chronic demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy was the cause.

A clinical study of multiple cranial neuropathies (MCN)