Guillain Barre Syndrome / Disease

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Guillain Barre Syndrome

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-Barr? 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
500 Morris Ave
Springfield NJ 07081
Phone #: 973-379-2690
800 #: 800-225-0292
e-mail: info@crof.org
Home page: http://www.crpf.org,
European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID)
c/o Dr. Esther de Vries
Hertogenbosch None 5200 ME's
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 Ave.
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
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
Lincolnshire Intl NG34 7EB
Phone #: 015-29 -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
Chicago IL 60637
Phone #: 773-702-5800
800 #: N/A
e-mail: information-millercenter@neurology.bsd.uchicago.edu
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
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)
31 Center Drive
Bethesda MD 20892-2540
Phone #: 301-496-5751
800 #: 800-352-9424
e-mail: braininfo@ninds.nih.gov
Home page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

For a Complete Report

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