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Guillain-Barre syndrome

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Disease Overview

A spectrum of rare post-infectious neuropathies that usually occur in otherwise healthy patients. GBS is clinically heterogeneous and encompasses acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP), acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) and acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN), Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) and some other regional variants.


Synonyms

  • GBS
  • Guillain Barre syndrome
  • Guillain Barré syndrome
  • Guillain-Barre-Strohl syndrome
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome
  • Landry's ascending paralysis
  • Landry-Guillain-Barre-Strohl syndrome
  • acute autoimmune peripheral neuropathy
  • acute immune-mediated polyneuropathy
  • acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
  • acute inflammatory neuropathy
  • acute postinfectious polyneuropathy
  • post-infectious polyneuritis
  • post-infective polyneuritis
  • postinfectious polyneuritis

GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet

Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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