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REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND PRESENTATION OF FOUR CASES

M. J. FOX, M.D.; R. D. O'CONNOR, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1942;69(1):58-66.

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Since the first World War an apparently infectious form of generalized neuronitis has come to be recognized as a distinct clinical entity. It is characterized by an ascending paralysis which usually begins in the lower limbs and often involves the facial muscles, by a normal cell count and an increase in protein in the spinal fluid and by complete recovery in a large proportion of cases. A description which probably applies to this disease was given by Osler,¹ in 1892, under the name of "acute febrile polyneuritis." Guillain, Barré and Strohl,² in 1916, described a series of cases, and the term Guillain-Barré syndrome has been used by many writers since that time. Other terms which have been used are polyradiculoneuritis,³ infective polyneuritis,⁴ infective neuronitis,⁵ radiculoneuritis with acellular hyperalbuminosis of the cerebrospinal fluid⁶ and acute benign infectious myelitis.⁷

The term neuritis has been defined by Cobb and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Medical Director, South View Hospital, Milwaukee Health Department; MILWAUKEE

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