title: Epidemiology of the Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: This review focuses on recent epidemiological findings on Guillain-Barré syndrome regarding incidence, antecedent events related to the disease, prognosis and prognostic indicators, and treatment. Moreover, this review summarizes recent observations on clinical variants of Guillain-Barré syndrome and their relationship with the prevailing clinical presentation of the disease. The epidemiological observations which have advanced the understanding of the pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Govoni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Granieri
mesh_terms: D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence