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This report has been updated in memory of Nuria Zeralda Bey and reviewed by Professor Richard Hughes of the Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group at the UCL Institute of Neurology, London ,UK.
Synonyms of Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Acute Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy
- Acute Immune-Mediated Polyneuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Neuropathy
- Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- GBS
- Landry-Guillain-Barre-Strohl Syndrome
- Landry's Ascending Paralysis
- Post-Infective Polyneuritis
Disorder Subdivisions
- Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy
- Acute Motor Neuropathy with Conduction Block
- Acute Motor-Sensory Axonal Neuropathy
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Miller-Fisher Syndrome
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multifocal Motor Sensory Demyelinating Neuropathy
General Discussion
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare, rapidly progressive disorder that consists of inflammation of the nerves (polyneuritis) and, usually causing muscle weakness, sometimes progressing to complete paralysis. Although the precise cause of GBS is unknown, a viral or respiratory infection precedes the onset of the syndrome in about half of the cases. This has led to the theory that GBS may be an autoimmune disease (caused by the body's own immune system). Damage to the covering of nerve cells (myelin) and nerve axons (the extension of the nerve cell that conducts impulses away from the nerve cell body) results in delayed nerve signal transmission. There is a corresponding weakness in the muscles that are supplied by the damaged nerves.
The following variants of GBS (acute inflammatory neuropathy or acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy) are recognized: Miller Fisher syndrome, acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy, acute motor axonal neuropathy.
Organizations related to Guillain Barre Syndrome
- American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc.
22100 Gratiot Avenue
Eastpointe MI 48021
Phone #: 586-776-3900
800 #: 800-598-4668
e-mail: aarda@aarda.org
Home page: http://www.aarda.org/
- AutoImmunity Community
None
None None None
Phone #: (91-9) -552-9057
800 #: N/A
e-mail: bandrews@autoimmunitycommunity.org
Home page: http://autoimmunitycommunity.org
- Autoimmune Information Network, Inc
PO Box 4121
Brick NJ 08723
Phone #: 732-664-9259
800 #: N/A
e-mail: autoimmunehelp@aol.com
Home page: http://www.aininc.org
- Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
636 Morris Turnpike, Suite 3A
Short Hills NJ 07078
Phone #: 973-379-2690
800 #: 800-225-0292
e-mail: prc@ChristopherReeve.org
Home page: http://www.christopherreeve.org
- European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID)
c/o Dr. Bodo Grimbacher (ESID Board Member)
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg
Hugstetter Strasse 55
Freiburg None D-79106
Phone #: +31- 73--6992965
800 #: N/A
e-mail: info@esid.org
Home page: http://www.esid.org
- GBS/CIDP Foundation International
The Holly Building
104 1/2 Forrest Avenue
Narberth PA 19072
Phone #: 610-667-0131
800 #: 866-224-3301
e-mail: info@gbs-cidp.org
Home page: http://www.gbs-cidp.org
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome Foundation of Canada, Inc.
PO Box 42016
2852 John Street
Markham, Ontario None L3R 5R0
Phone #: 905--64-0-0073
800 #: N/A
e-mail: keast@sprint.ca
Home page: http://www.gbs-cidp.org
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome Support Group
Lincolnshire County Council Offices
Eastgate
Sleaford
Lincolnshire Intl NG34 7EB
Phone #: +44- 15-29 304615
800 #: 080-0 3-74803
e-mail: admin@gbs.org.uk
Home page: http://www.gbs.org.uk
- Jack Miller Center for Peripheral Neuropathy
University of Chicago
5841 South Maryland Ave, MC 2030
Chicago IL 60637
Phone #: 773-702-5800
800 #: N/A
e-mail: N/A
Home page: http://millercenter.uchicago.edu
- MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay WI 54301-1243
Phone #: 920-336-5333
800 #: 877-336-5333
e-mail: mums@netnet.net
Home page: http://www.netnet.net/mums/
- Madisons Foundation
PO Box 241956
Los Angeles CA 90024
Phone #: 310-264-0826
800 #: N/A
e-mail: getinfo@madisonsfoundation.org
Home page: http://www.madisonsfoundation.org
- National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias
410 East Main Street
PO Box 114
Mascoutah IL 62258-0114
Phone #: 618-566-2020
800 #: --
e-mail: info@nfed.org
Home page: http://www.nfed.org
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda MD 20824
Phone #: 301-496-5751
800 #: 800-352-9424
e-mail: me20t@nih.gov
Home page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
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