A Rare case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in pregnancy treated with plasma exchange

Guillain-Barre syndromé (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder. It is rare in pregnancy as there is a decrease in cell-mediated immunity. A case of 28-year-old pregnant woman who presented with acute flaccid quadriplegia suffering from GBS is discussed in this study. She was treated with plasma exchange in...

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Autores principales: Vasudev, Rahul, Raina, Tilak Raj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24678178
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.126695
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description Guillain-Barre syndromé (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder. It is rare in pregnancy as there is a decrease in cell-mediated immunity. A case of 28-year-old pregnant woman who presented with acute flaccid quadriplegia suffering from GBS is discussed in this study. She was treated with plasma exchange in her immediate post-partum period. The management of GBS in pregnancy has been discussed.
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spelling pubmed-39431512014-03-27 A Rare case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in pregnancy treated with plasma exchange Vasudev, Rahul Raina, Tilak Raj Asian J Transfus Sci Case Report Guillain-Barre syndromé (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder. It is rare in pregnancy as there is a decrease in cell-mediated immunity. A case of 28-year-old pregnant woman who presented with acute flaccid quadriplegia suffering from GBS is discussed in this study. She was treated with plasma exchange in her immediate post-partum period. The management of GBS in pregnancy has been discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3943151/ /pubmed/24678178 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.126695 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Transfusion Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943151/
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