We report a 50-year-old woman with a history of celiac disease, who presented with lumbar pain and progressive flaccid tetraparesis 48 hours after the inoculation of the first dose of CoronaVac inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. CSF was normal and electrodiagnostic studies showed an axonal motor polyneuropa...
ABSTRACT Several cases of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) associated with SARS-CoV-2 have been published, most being acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Between April and December 2020, 1,499 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were admitted to Hospital del Salvador, in Santiago, Chile, serv...
Leonhard, Sonja E;
Mandarakas, Melissa R;
De Assis Aquino Gondim, Francisco;
Bateman, Kathleen;
Brito Ferreira, Maria L;
Cornblath, David R;
Van Doorn, Pieter A;
Dourado, Mario E;
Hughes, Richard A C;
Islam, Badrul;
Kusunoki, Susumu;
Pardo, Carlos A;
Reisin, Ricardo;
Sejvar, James J;
Shahrizaila, Nortina;
Soares, Cristiane;
Umapathi, Thirugnanam;
Wang, Yuzhong;
Yiu, Eppie M;
Willison, Hugh J;
Jacobs, Bart C.
Resumen El síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB) es una enfermedad inmunológica del nervio periférico y las raíces nerviosas, poco frecuente, potencialmente mortal y que suele desencadenarse por infecciones. La incidencia del SGB puede aumentar durante el brote de enfermedades infecciosas, tal como se ob...
ABSTRACT Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the peripheral nervous system. Severe motor deficit (SMD), respiratory impairment, cranial nerve involvement and autonomic dysfunction are associated with a poor prognosis. Objective: To investigate the associatio...
Abstract Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an acute polyradiculoneuropathy that occurs because of an abnormal inflammatory response in the peripheral nervous system, is clinically characterized by acute flaccid paresis and areflexia with or without sensory symptoms. This syndrome can lead to d...
The first case of Guillain-Barré syndrome was described in 1916. Since then, knowledge about the pathophysiology and
immunogenesis of this acquired inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy has been growing steadily, especially after the advent of nerve conduction studies and the discovery of pathogenic autoa...
Objetivo: descrever as características demográficas e a dinâmica espaço-temporal das internações por síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB) no Brasil, no período 2008-2017. Métodos: trata-se de um estudo ecológico com dados do Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH/...
ABSTRACT Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emergent flavivirus transmitted mainly through Aedes spp. mosquitoes that is posing challenge to healthcare services in countries experiencing an outbreak. Usually ZIKV infection is mild, but in some cases it has been reported to progress into neurological diseases such a...
INTRODUCCIÓN: El SGB es una polirradiculopatía aguda, que a menudo se asocia a una infección anterior. Constituye una emergencia neurológica. La tríada clásica es paresia simétrica y ascendente, abolición o disminución de reflejos osteotendíneos y parestesias. Se sospecha clínicamente. El trat...
