Journal article

A rare case report on guillain barre syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis

SPShaik Bobby Parveen BGBhushanam Gayatri CRChandolu Suvarna Rani BPBandaru Praveena KKKonda Ravi Kumar
Year2019
Volume6
Issue1
Pages24-26
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Abstract

Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute or subacute inflammatory demyelinating poly radiculoneuropathy. It is an acquired condition that is characterized by progressive, symmetrical, proximal, and distal tingling and weakness. We report a case of a 68 years old female who presented with complaints of quadraperisis, severe sensory motor axonal neuropathy, parasthesia, severe myalgiapoly arthralgia and mononeuritis multiplex and later diagnosed as a case of guillainbarre syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.

Keywords: GBS, Rheumatoid arthris, Immunoglobulins, Corticosteroids, Acute or subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Plasma pherisis.

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