title: Results of the national surveillance for Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: The preliminary results of the national surveillance for Guillain-Barré syndrome(GBS) are reported. In the first 6 months of 1978, 327 cases of GBS were reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). A statistically significant difference was observed between sex-specific attack rates, and a direct correlation also was observed between advancing age and increasing risk of GBS.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012723:Sex; D014481:United States