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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 1536--1538 |
Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome – Case Series
Ivana Basta1, Ivo Bozovic1, Ivana Berisavac1, Olivera Stojiljkovic-Tamas1, Sonja Lukic Rajic2, Aleksandra Dominovic-Kovacevic3, Aleksandar Stojanov4, Gordana Djordjevic4, Dejana Jovanovic1, Stojan Peric1
1 Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 6, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Nikole Kočiša, Novi Sad, Serbia
3 Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center Banja Luka, Dvanaest beba, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center Nis, Ljube Nenadovića, Nis, Serbia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Stojan Peric
Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia 6, Dr Subotica Street, Belgrade
Serbia
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.273649
Recurrent Guillain-Barré syndrome (RGBS) episodes appear in up to 6% of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients. The purpose of this study was to identify patients with previous episodes of GBS and to assess their clinical features in a large cohort of adult GBS patients. GBS patients hospitalized at tertiary centers in three Balkan countries were included in the study (n = 404). We identified 13 (3.2%) patients with recurrent GBS (RGBS). The male to female ratio was 3: 1. All RGBS patients had two episodes of the disease. The most common GBS subtype in both episodes of the disease was acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) (77%, first episode; 85%, second episode). Around 23% of patients presented with a different variant during the second GBS attack. Disability seems to be equally severe at both episodes (P > 0.05). Recurrent GBS was registered in 3% of our GBS patients. The majority of them were younger males. Different GBS subtypes were found to recur.
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