All issues > Volume 24(4); 1981

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(4):367-450. Published online April 15, 1981.

Recurrent Guillain-Barr'e Syndrome.

Kyo Sun Kim, Jae Song Kim, Pyung Kil Kim

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine,Seoul, Korea

Abstract

This paper presents a case of^recurrent Guillain-Barre syndrome in a 13 year-old boy. Recu-rrent rate is variable but almost all of the authors expressed it was very rare and some of them recurred more than two times and and its interval also variable from few months to 17 years. In our case, he developed a typical ascending, symmetric motor paralysis with intact sensorium, and albuminocytologic dissociation in CSF in each episodes. Its interval was 5 years and 11 month. He has completely recovered from each attacks.

Keywords :Guillain-Barre Syndrome