Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is viewed as a reactive, self-limited, autoimmune disease
triggered by a preceding bacterial or viral infection. Campylobacter jejuni, a major cause of …

To develop diagnostic criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
(CIDP), a retrospective series of patients' records diagnosed by sexpert consensus as CIDP …

Nineteen patients developed polyneuropathy complicating critical illness. They had been
admitted to a critical care unit following intubation for cardiac or pulmonary disease and had …

Five patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute Guillain-Barré polyneuropathy (GBP) had
electrically inexcitable motor nerves. All were quadriplegic. One patient died and 3 of the 4 …

Five patients developed a severe motor and sensory polyneuropathy at the peak of critical
illness (sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction complicating a variety of primary illnesses) …

Hereditary hyperekplexia, or familial startle disease (STHE), is an autosomal dominant
neurologic disorder characterized by marked muscle rigidity of central nervous system origin …

A polyneuropathy of varying severity has been observed in association with sepsis and
critical illness in 15 patients. Since clinical evaluation is often difficult, electrophysiological …

Eighteen patients with definite, untreated chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) of chronic progressive (nine patients) or relapsing course …

Objective: To provide an evidence-based statement to guide physicians in the management
of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS). Methods: Literature search and derivation of evidence …

Thirty patients with definite or probable chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) of chronic progressive (16 patients) or relapsing (14 …