Recurrent Guillain-Barré syndrome: lightning does strike twice.
Recurrent Guillain-Barré syndrome following a long asymptomatic interval is very rare. Forty-nine cases are reviewed from the literature, their common features are noted and conclusions are drawn. Thus it can be seen that, with Guillain-Barré syndrome, lightning can indeed strike twice.
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Ladywell Hospital, Salford, Manchester.
Alani
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D000368:Aged; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012026:Reflex, Stretch / Q000502:physiology