title: [Acquired inflammatory neuropathies in children and their therapy].
abstract: Neuropathies where there is an association with acquired peripheral nerves dysfunction and inflammation include inflammatory neuropathies (IN), as well as sequelae of vaccinations involving peripheral nerves. In a small portion of these diseases central nervous system is involved. In the years 1996-2000, among 22 children with acute flaccid paresis who were hospitalized in the Kraków Department of Paediatric Neurology, there were 16 patients with IN, including 13 with Guillain-Barré syndrome, single cases of Miller-Fisher syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy involving central nervous system and neuroborreliosis. Additionally, four children were hospitalized for optic neuritis. The author presents data on aetiology, electrophysiology and follow-up of these patients, as well as describes the management and outcome. Apart from their cognitive and practical value, these data significantly correspond with the currently implemented program of poliomyelitis eradication.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Neurologii Dzieciecej Wydziału Lekarskiego Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie. neupedkr@kki.net.pl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaciński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D019846:Miller Fisher Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index