{"title":"Treatment of the Guillain-Barre syndrome.","authors":"S C Melnick","doi":"10.1159/000385722","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease. This means it is a condition caused by your body’s own way of fighting off illness through the immune system. An earlier illness, most often an infection, may have triggered your GBS symptoms. The human body produces substances to fight off infections. However, in a person with GBS the immune system is misdirected, then attacks and damages the nerves.","PeriodicalId":78109,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica et neurologica","volume":"139 ","pages":"375-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1969-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000385722","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica et neurologica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000385722","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease. This means it is a condition caused by your body’s own way of fighting off illness through the immune system. An earlier illness, most often an infection, may have triggered your GBS symptoms. The human body produces substances to fight off infections. However, in a person with GBS the immune system is misdirected, then attacks and damages the nerves.