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Classification of Acute Immune Neuropathies

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Overview

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Demyelinating (± 2° axonal loss) Motor + Sensory Classic Guillain-Barré CIDP with acute onset: More prominent demyelination on NCV Motor Axonal Motor + Sensory (AMSAN) GBS-like syndrome Vasculitis Motor: Associated with Prodromal infection: Campylobacter jejuni; Haemophilus influenzae Serum antibodies: IgG vs GM1, GM1b, GD1a or GalNAc-GD1a ganglioside Sensory Autonomic Cranial Nerve Syndromes: Associated with Campylobacter jejuni prodrome Serum IgG vs GQ1b ganglioside Miller-Fisher Facial diplegia Bickerstaff's Brainstem encephalitis Pharyngo-Cervico-Brachial Other GBS variants with autoantibo

Related Conditions

Shared genes

"Classic" Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Acute Immune Polyneuropathies

Acute Motor (Axonal) Neuropathy (AMAN)

ACUTE NEUROPATHIES

Antibodies vs Glycolipids & Glycoproteins

Chronic Immune Demyelinating Neuropathies: Variants

Demyelinating ataxic neuropathy with IgM binding to GalNAc-GD1a and GM2 gangliosides

GD1AACUTECHRONIC

Distal Motor Axonal Neuropathies: "Distal Lower Motor Neuron Syndromes"

External Resources

WUSTL Neuromuscular

Washington University Disease Center

Biomedical Literature

NCBI Expert-Authored Reviews

Portal for Rare Diseases

National Organization for Rare Disorders

Data sourced from the Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center. For clinical use, always refer to primary sources.