title: Clinical signs of brain death simulated by Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman with relapsing acute Guillain-Barré syndrome separated by long asymptomatic intervals presented clinical symptoms resembling those of brain death. She remained in this situation for 15 days and recovered with amnesia for this period. The amnesia was not explained either by metabolic encephalopathy or by sedative drugs. This case stresses the importance of the precise etiologic diagnosis of severe brain disease and the isoelectric EEG in brain death.
authors.affiliation: Servicio Neurología, Hospital Nuestra Señora Aránzazu, San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martí-Massó
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López de Munain
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carrera
mesh_terms: D000647:Amnesia; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors