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Guillain-Barre syndrome following dengue fever. 2004

C Sulekha, and Sobha Kumar, and Joseph Philip

Department of Pediatrics, SAT Hospital, Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Guillain-Barre syndrome is a post infectious polyradiculoneuropathy. It is equally prevalent in both the adult and the pediatric populations. Guillain-Barre syndrome following dengue fever is not a classically described entity and has not been reported in children.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003715	Dengue	An acute febrile disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with DENGUE VIRUS. It is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash. SEVERE DENGUE is a more virulent form of dengue.	Dengue Fever,Break-Bone Fever,Breakbone Fever,Classical Dengue,Classical Dengue Fever,Break Bone Fever,Classical Dengue Fevers,Classical Dengues,Dengue Fever, Classical,Dengue, Classical,Fever, Break-Bone,Fever, Breakbone,Fever, Dengue
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D020275	Guillain-Barre Syndrome	An acute inflammatory autoimmune neuritis caused by T cell- mediated cellular immune response directed towards peripheral myelin. Demyelination occurs in peripheral nerves and nerve roots. The process is often preceded by a viral or bacterial infection, surgery, immunization, lymphoma, or exposure to toxins. Common clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, loss of sensation, and loss of deep tendon reflexes. Weakness of respiratory muscles and autonomic dysfunction may occur. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1312-1314)	Acute Autoimmune Neuropathy,Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy,Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathy,Landry-Guillain-Barre Syndrome,Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory,Acute Infectious Polyneuritis,Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy,Acute Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathy,Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory,Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Familial,Guillain-Barré Syndrome,Guillaine-Barre Syndrome,Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute,Inflammatory Polyneuropathy Acute,Polyneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory,Polyneuropathy, Inflammatory Demyelinating, Acute,Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating,Acute Autoimmune Neuropathies,Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathies,Acute Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathies,Autoimmune Neuropathies, Acute,Autoimmune Neuropathy, Acute,Familial Guillain-Barre Syndrome,Familial Guillain-Barre Syndromes,Guillain Barre Syndrome,Guillain Barre Syndrome, Familial,Guillain Barré Syndrome,Guillain-Barre Syndromes, Familial,Guillain-Barré Syndromes,Guillaine Barre Syndrome,Infectious Polyneuritis, Acute,Inflammatory Polyneuropathies, Acute,Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, Acute,Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathies, Acute,Landry Guillain Barre Syndrome,Neuropathy, Acute Autoimmune,Polyneuritis, Acute Infectious,Polyneuropathy Acute, Inflammatory,Polyradiculoneuropathies, Acute Inflammatory,Syndrome, Familial Guillain-Barre,Syndrome, Guillain-Barre,Syndrome, Guillain-Barré,Syndrome, Guillaine-Barre,Syndrome, Landry-Guillain-Barre