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Fırat Tıp Dergisi
2007, Cilt 12, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 112-114
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Clinical and Demographic Data in Guııllaın Barre Syndrome
Murat TERZİ, Hande TÜRKER, Musa ONAR
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, SAMSUN

Objectives: Local literature still lacks epidemiological studies about Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS), whereas the foreign literature has more examples of such studies focused on clinical properties, responses to therapy and prognostic factors based on case series and population.

Material and Methods: Our main concern for construction of this study was to add new data to local literature on the clinical and epidemiological properties of Turkish GBS patients.

Results: In this study we reevaluated 5 year data of our center retrospectively (between November 2000 and July 2005). We defined the the clinical and demographical data of 45 patients and grouped them according to Hughes Classification.

Conculasion: We found that the most significant onset symptoms in our patient group were nonspecific sensory symptoms which were followed by generalised weakness. A past history of infectious disease was noted in 68% of patients and GBS was mostly seen in spring and autumn. Aging and increase in severity of the disease correlated directly with the increase of the male/female ratio of the patients. The local literature needs more population-based, multi-centered studies to evaluate clinical and epidemiological data regarding GBS. ©2007, Firat University, Medical Faculty


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