title: [Functional recovery in Guillain-Barre syndrome: benefits of plasma exchange].
abstract: A monocentric, retrospective, comparative long term study based essentially on functional criteria was performed on 27 patients presenting Guillain-Barré syndrome, 14 treated with plasma exchange (PE), 13 with conventional therapy during the same period. Severity of the disease was similar in both groups. Functional improvement of PE treated patients was significant and mean duration of hospital stay significantly shortened (mean 79 days). These findings confirm those in the literature and suggest that treatment with PE be applied to every case of severe recent Guillain-Barre syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Néphrologique, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cassuto-Viguier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kullman
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Quaranta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Montagne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gueyraud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Therre
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duplay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010243:Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Récupération fonctionnelle des syndromes de Guillain-Barré: bénéfice des échanges plasmatiques.