Neuropsychological/-psychiatric deficits in immune-mediated neuropathies.
Albeit common, neuropsychological/psychiatric deficits in patients with autoimmune-mediated neuropathies have not received much attention; however, they can impose a considerable clinical problem. Especially in intensive-care treated Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) severe psychosis may occur which may go unrecognised due to the severity of the neurological motor deficits. Fatigue may result in a major restriction of quality of life long after the acute phase of GBS and is also a major debilitating factor in chronic inflammatory neuropathies. Symptomatic treatment remains largely empirical.
Chan
Andrew
A
Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Gudrunstr. 56, 44791, Bochum, Germany. Andrew.Chan@rub.de
Gold
Ralf
R
D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index