OCCURRENCE, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, AND PROGNOSIS OF GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME

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RANTALA, H [1 ]
UHARI, M [1 ]
NIEMELA, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV OULU,DEPT PAEDIAT,SF-90220 OULU,FINLAND
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10.1136/adc.66.6.706
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R72 [儿科学];
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In order to obtain more information on the incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome and recent developments in its prognosis, we analysed the severity and prognosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome in children diagnosed and treated during the years 1980-6 throughout Finland. The criteria for Guillain-Barre syndrome were fulfilled in 14 boys and 13 girls. The mean annual number of cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome was thus 3.9, giving a mean annual incidence of 0.38/100 000 of population under 15 years of age (95% confidence intervals 0.25 to 0.56/100 000). The incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome causing permanent neurological defects in children under 15 years of age was 1.4/10 million annually (95% confidence intervals 0.035 to 7.8/10 million). Our figures appeared to be one fourth to a half of that reported earlier in children and even lower than those in adults. Although there were no deaths among our patients, mortality from Guillain-Barre syndrome seems to have remained similar for the last 20 years despite current awareness of the possibility of cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
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