Guillain-Barré syndrome with marked pleocytosis or a significant proportion of polymorphonuclear granulocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid: Neuropathological investigation of five cases and review of differential diagnoses

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 479-486

  Rauschka, H ^a   Jellinger, K ^b   Lassmann, H ^b   Braier, F ^a   Schmidbauer, M ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Guillain Barr syndrome; Neuropathology; Peripheral nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CELL ACTIVATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; CELL COUNT; CELL MOTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; LEUKOCYTOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0142056076     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00644.x     Document Type: Review

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