See Also: Guillain-Barre syndrome(dictionary)
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)(health)
guillain-barre syndrome(medicine)
Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome(medicine)
Guillain-Barre reflex(medicine)
Guillain, Georges(medicine)
barre(dictionary)
Barre's sign(medicine)
Barre, Jean(medicine)
Siad Barre, Mohamed(encyclopedia)

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) (health)


Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i.e. not the brain or spinal cord). It is also called acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis, acute idiopathic polyneuritis and Landry's ascending paralysis