1. Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome - Case Series.
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Basta, Ivana, Bozovic, Ivo, Berisavac, Ivana, Stojiljkovic-Tamas, Olivera, Rajic, Sonja, Dominovic-Kovacevic, Aleksandra, Stojanov, Aleksandar, Djordjevic, Gordana, Jovanovic, Dejana, Peric, Stojan, and Rajic, Sonja Lukic
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GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome , *ACUTE diseases - Abstract
Recurrent Guillain-Barré syndrome (RGBS) episodes appear in up to 6% of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients. The purpose of this study was to identify patients with previous episodes of GBS and to assess their clinical features in a large cohort of adult GBS patients. GBS patients hospitalized at tertiary centers in three Balkan countries were included in the study (n = 404). We identified 13 (3.2%) patients with recurrent GBS (RGBS). The male to female ratio was 3: 1. All RGBS patients had two episodes of the disease. The most common GBS subtype in both episodes of the disease was acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) (77%, first episode; 85%, second episode). Around 23% of patients presented with a different variant during the second GBS attack. Disability seems to be equally severe at both episodes (P > 0.05). Recurrent GBS was registered in 3% of our GBS patients. The majority of them were younger males. Different GBS subtypes were found to recur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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