Neurology · Neurology / Neuromuscular; Neuroimmunology
Guillain–Barré syndrome
also: GBS; Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome
Acute immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy with ascending weakness and areflexia.
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Subspecialty
- Neurology / Neuromuscular; Neuroimmunology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: slightly more common; Female: affected; Children: yes, any age
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- GBS; Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome
- Note
- Umbrella for #148–152, #441, #594–597, #771, #852, #853
Etiology & mechanism
Post-infectious molecular mimicry with antiganglioside antibodies.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Miller Fisher syndrome
areflexia, facial weakness
1 shared
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respiratory failure
1 shared
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paresthesias
1 shared
Conn syndrome
paresthesias
1 shared
Guillain–Barré syndrome, paraparetic variant
areflexia
1 shared
Hamman–Rich syndrome
respiratory failure
1 shared
Holmes–Adie syndrome
areflexia
1 shared
Hyperventilation syndrome with neurological symptoms
paresthesias
1 shared
Kagami–Ogata syndrome
respiratory failure
1 shared
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome
areflexia
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None.
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