THE NON-INFECTIOUS NATURE OF THE GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME WITH A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE ALBUMINO-CYTOLOGIC DISSOCIATION
Authors: N REITMAN, K ROTHSCHILD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 May 1950THE NON-INFECTIOUS NATURE OF THE GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME WITH A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE ALBUMINO-CYTOLOGIC DISSOCIATIONNORMAN REITMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., KARL ROTHSCHILD, M.D., F.A.C.P.NORMAN REITMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, KARL ROTHSCHILD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-5-923 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Guillain-Barré syndrome is a clinical entity which is not often diagnosed although its occurrence is not uncommon. The chief reason for this is the failure of all attempts to isolate an etiologic agent and also the multiplicity of synonyms by which this form of neuritis is known. Infectious polyneuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, acute polyneuritis with facial diplegia, Landry's ascending paralysis, are but a few. 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