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Guillain-Barré syndrome risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

Overview

Risk factors in the development of Guillain Barre syndrome include: Rabies vaccine and swine-flu influenza vaccine.

Risk Factors

  • Risk factors in the development of Guillain Barre syndrome include:
    • There are some evidence demonstrating that there might be a connection between vaccination and Guillain Barre syndrome.

References

  1. Hemachudha T, Griffin DE, Chen WW, Johnson RT (March 1988). “Immunologic studies of rabies vaccination-induced Guillain-Barré syndrome”. Neurology. 38 (3): 375–8. PMID 2450302.
  2. Safranek TJ, Lawrence DN, Kurland LT, Culver DH, Wiederholt WC, Hayner NS, Osterholm MT, O’Brien P, Hughes JM (May 1991). “Reassessment of the association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and receipt of swine influenza vaccine in 1976-1977: results of a two-state study. Expert Neurology Group”. Am. J. Epidemiol. 133 (9): 940–51. PMID 1851395.

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