RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Treatment of the Guillain-Barré syndrome by plasma exchange.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 847
OP 850
DO 10.1136/jnnp.45.9.847
VO 45
IS 9
A1 Kennard, C
A1 Newland, A C
A1 Ridley, A
YR 1982
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/9/847.abstract
AB Twelve consecutive patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome were treated with plasma exchange. Examination two weeks after treatment was commenced showed that three had not improved. Five showed only a minimal improvement, which was considered to be compatible with the natural history of the disease. The remaining four patients showed a more substantial improvement which could have been related to the plasma exchange.