Linkage of Multiple Sclerosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Population-Based Survey in Isfahan, Iran

Table 3

Case report studies describing the co-existence of Guillain-Barre' Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis.

Case report	Author(s) [Reference]	Year of report	Country	Number of patients	sex	Age at onset of GBS	Age at onset of MS	Diagnosis of MS	Type of MS	Type of GBS	Antecedent infection or surgery before GBS
1	Forrester and Lascelles [7]	1979	England	2	M	46	53	Definite	NA	NA	Probable
					M	49	32	Definite	NA	NA	Respiratory tract infection
2	Lassmann et al. [8]	1981	Austria	1	F	26	26	Definite	NA	NA	—
3	Best [9]	1985	Scotland	1	F	72	NA	Probable	NA	NA	Respiratory tract infection
4	Sanders and Lee [10]	1987	England	1	F	30	27	Definite	NA	NA	Fever and diarrhea
5	Pareyson et al. [11]	1993	Italy	1	F	33	25	Definite	NA	NA	—
6	Rio et al. [12]	1996	Spain	1	F	7, 21	26	Probable	NA	NA	Flu
7	McCabe et al. [13]	1998	USA	1	M	44	29	Definite	PR	NA	Surgery
8	Capello et al. [14]	2000	Italy	1	F	45	24	Definite	RR	AMSAN	—

GBS: Guillain-Barre' syndrome, MS: Multiple sclerosis, M: male, F: female, NA: not available, PR: progressive relapsing, RR: relapsing remitting, AMSAN: acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy.