A case-control study of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Harbin, China

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 953-957

  Cheng, Q ^a,b   Wang, D S ^c   Jiang, G X ^b,d   Han, H ^c   Zhang, Y ^c   Wang, W Z ^e   Fredrikson, S ^b  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; Guillain Barr syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747817417     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01390.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Hughes RAC. Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1990.
2. Ropper AH, Wjdicks EFM, Truax BT, eds. Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis, 1991.
3. Arnason BG, Soliven B. Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. In: Dyck PJ, Thomas PK, Griffin JW, Low PA, Poduslo JF, eds. Peripheral Neuropathy, 3rd edn. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders, 1993: 1437-1497.
4. Rees JH, Soudain SE, Gregson NA, Hughes RA. Campylobacter jejuni infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine 1995; 333: 1374-1379.
5. Jacobs BC, Rothbarth PH, van der Meche FG, et al. The spectrum of antecedent infections in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case-control study. Neurology 1998; 51: 1110-1111.
6. Winer JB, Hughes RA, Anderson MJ, Jones DM, Kangro H, Watkins RP. A prospective study of acute idiopathic neuropathy. II. Antecedent events. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1998; 51: 613-618.
7. Grose C, Henle W, Henle G, Feorino PM. Primary Epstein Barr infection and neurological disease. New England Journal of Medicine 1975; 292: 392-395.
8. Allos BM. Campylobacter jejuni infection is a cause of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 1998; 12: 173-184.
9. McCarthy N, Andersson Y, Jormanainen V, Gustavsson O, Giesecke J. The risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome following infection with Campylobacter jejuni. Epidemiology and Infection 1999; 122: 15-17.
10. Susuki K, Odaka M, Mori M, Hirata K, Yuki N. Acute motor axonal neuropathy after Mycoplasma infection: evidence of molecular mimicry. Neurology 2004; 62: 949-956.
11. Raschetti R, Maggini M, Popoli P, et al. Gangliosides and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1995; 48: 1399-1405.
12. Lasky T, Terracciano GJ, Magder L, et al. The Guillain-Barré syndrome and the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 influenza vaccines. New England Journal of Medicine 1998; 339: 1797-1802.
13. Emilia Romagna Study Group on Clinical and Epidemiological Problems in Neurology. Risk factors for Guillain-Barré syndrome: a population-based case-control study. Journal of Neurology 1999; 246: 1004-1009.
14. Cheng Q, Wang D-S, Jiang G-X, et al. Distinct pattern of age-specific incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Harbin, China. Journal of Neurology 2002; 249: 25-32.
15. Cheng Q, Jiang G-X, Fredrikson S, Link H, de Padro-Cuesta J and network members of the Swedish GBS Epidemiology Study Group. Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Sweden, 1996. European Journal of Neurology 2000; 7: 11-16.
16. National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Ad Hoc Committee. Criteria for diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Annals of Neurology 1978; 3: 565-566.
17. Cheng Q, Wang D-S, Jiang G-X, et al. Prospective study of clinical epidemiology of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Harbin, China. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2003; 215: 63-69.
18. Guillain-Barré Syndrome Study Group. Guillain-Barré syndrome: an Italian multicentre case-control study. Neurological Sciences 2000; 21: 229-234.
19. Liu GF, Wu ZL, Wu HS, et al. A case-control study on children with Guillain-Barre syndrome in North China. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2003; 16: 105-111.
20. Mori M, Kuwabara S, Miyake M, et al. Haemophilus influenzae infection and Guillain-Barre syndrome. Brain 2000; 123: 2171-2178.