title: Retrospective analysis of Guillain-Barré syndrome and Fisher syndrome after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Fisher syndrome (FS) are immune-mediated peripheral neuropathies, and most of these cases were known to be associated with a preceding infection. Recent reports evidenced an increase in the number of infectious disease cases after the earthquake. The aim of this report is to investigate the incidence and clinical features of GBS and FS after the Great East Japan Earthquake. We found GBS and FS patients had markedly increased in 2011, the year of the earthquake. In regard to an antecedent illness, gastrointestinal infection was significantly increased in GBS patients after the earthquake. These results suggest environmental factors including infectious agents and stress caused by the earthquake might have been involved in the outbreak of the diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan ; Department of Neurology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital Sendai, 983-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugeno
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tateyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan ; Department of Neurology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital Sendai, 983-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Kimihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital Sendai, 983-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital Sendai, 983-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishigaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital Sendai, 983-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Juichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055866:Earthquakes; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D019846:Miller Fisher Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Disaster; Fisher syndrome; Guillain–Barré syndrome; epidemiology