title: Complications of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an immune-mediated disorder in the peripheral nervous system with a wide spectrum of complications. A good understanding of the complications of GBS assists clinicians to recognize and manage the complications properly thereby reducing the mortality and morbidity of GBS patients. Herein, we systemically review the literature on complications of GBS, including short-term complications and long-term complications. We summarize the frequency, severity, clinical manifestations, managements and possible mechanisms of different kinds of complications, and point out the flaws of current studies as well as demonstrate the further investigations needed.
authors.affiliation: a Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology , The First Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology , The First Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.|b Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institute , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Hong-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology , The First Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.
authors.forename: Xiujuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: a Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology , The First Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.|b Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institute , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019468:Disease Management; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Guillain-Barré syndrome; complication; long-term; peripheral nervous system; short-term