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Complete Pharyngeal and Respiratory Paralysis with Recovery

RICHARD WEBB, Jr., M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1950;86(4):574-577.

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Among the neurologic disorders classified as "polyneuritis" are those falling into a rather large group which is most commonly referred to as the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Guillain and his associates first published their observations in 1916.¹ Since that time numerous reports of similar illnesses have been published under a wide variety of names. A partial list includes: myeloradiculitis,² acute infective polyneuritis,³ infective neuronitis,⁴ acute febrile polyneuritis,⁵ acute encephalomyeloradiculoneuritis⁶ and polyradiculoneuritis.⁷ As a group they are distinguished by their involvement of the peripheral nerves and excellent prognosis. Confusion in terminology has existed because of the failure to demonstrate a single etiologic agent and because of the lack of agreement concerning the existence of definitive syndromes among the group. Hand and Rudoy⁸ were of the belief that the Guillain-Barré syndrome is a clinical entity in which albuminocytologic dissociation in the spinal fluid is characteristically observed. Although the variety of names . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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