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Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009
Journal: Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports Clinical Medicine: Case Reports 2009:2 59-61
Abstract Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is characterized by acute and symmetric flaccid paraparesis and areflexia. Involvement of the central nervous system has been infrequently reported. In the current issue of Clinical Medicine: Case reports, an unusual case of GBS with asymmetric muscle weakness was reported. Corticomotoneuronal dysfunction was invoked as a possible cause for this neurological finding. Reversible blockade of voltage gated Na+ channels resulting in conduction failure may be a possible pathophysiological mechanism.
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