title: Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: The Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute or subacute, relatively symmetric lower motor neuron paralysis from which greater than 85 per cent of patients obtain a full or functional recovery. Diagnosis is made by recognition of a characteristic set of clinical features that can be confirmed by electrodiagnostic and other laboratory findings. It is a neurologic emergency in which patients are subject to respiratory failure and cardiac arrhythmias.
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies