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A Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Study of 25 Cases

Andrew Eisen, MD; Peter Humphreys, MD

Arch Neurol. 1974;30(6):438-443.

Abstract
Electrodiagnostic studies were performed at the time of peak neurological deficit in 26 episodes of the Guillain-Barré syndrome, and at intervals before and after this time in 13 cases. Of the patients 65.4% had made a complete clinical recovery at the termination of the study. The shortest recovery time from the onset of symptoms was four weeks and the longest was 34 weeks. A rapid recovery was associated with an acute progression of neurological deficit in the face of normal electrophysiologic study results throughout the illness (19.2%). Patients requiring the longest time to recover demonstrated various electromyographic abnormalities, but, in particular, all showed evidence of denervation (fibrillation, positive sharp waves, or both).

Author Affiliations
Montreal

From the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 22, 1973.

Read in part before the Eighth International Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Marseilles, France, Sept 1, 1973.

Reprint requests to Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University St, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada (Dr. Eisen).

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