Research Article
Circulating Th17, Th22, and Th1 Cells Are Elevated in the Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Downregulated by IVIg Treatments
Table 1
Clinical survey of the patients with GBS.
| Number | Sex | Age (years) | Previous infections | Electrophysiologic findings | GDSs at acute/plateau phases | IVIg |
| 1 | Female | 51 | None | Axonal | 3/3 | No | 2 | Male | 61 | None | Demy. | 4/3 | Yes | 3 | Male | 39 | None | Axonal | 5/4 | Yes | 4 | Female | 19 | None | Demy. | 5/4 | Yes | 5 | Female | 40 | URTI | Demy. | 2/2 | Yes | 6 | Male | 37 | GI + URTI | Axonal | 3/3 | No | 7 | Male | 43 | None | Demy. | 3/2 | Yes | 8 | Female | 17 | None | Axonal | 5/3 | Yes | 9 | Female | 48 | URTI | Demy. | 2/2 | Yes | 10 | Male | 46 | URTI | Axonal | 2/1 | No | 11 | Male | 48 | GI | Axonal | 2/2 | Yes | 12 | Male | 46 | None | Demy. | 3/3 | Yes | 13 | Female | 51 | URTI | Demy. | 2/1 | Yes | 14 | Male | 28 | GI | Demy. | 3/3 | Yes | 15 | Male | 37 | GI | Axonal | 2/2 | Yes | 16 | Male | 18 | GI | Axonal | 5/3 | Yes | 17 | Male | 35 | GI | Demy. | 3/2 | Yes | 18 | Male | 53 | URTI | Demy. | 4/3 | Yes | 19 | Female | 63 | URTI | Demy. | 3/1 | Yes | 20 | Male | 40 | GI + URTI | Demy. | 4/2 | Yes | 21 | Male | 27 | GI | Axonal | 5/3 | Yes | 22 | Male | 49 | None | Axonal | 2/2 | Yes | 23 | Female | 61 | None | Axonal | 1/1 | Yes | 24 | Male | 33 | GI | Axonal | 1/0 | Yes | 25 | Male | 44 | GI | Demy. | 5/3 | Yes | 26 | Male | 46 | None | Axonal | 3/3 | No | 27 | Male | 54 | None | Axonal | 1/1 | No | 28 | Male | 38 | GI | Axonal | 2/0 | Yes | 29 | Female | 29 | GI | Axonal | 3/1 | Yes |
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GI: gastrointestinal infections; URTI: upper respiratory tract infections; demy.: primary demyelination; axonal: primary axonal injury; IVIg: intravenous immunoglobulin treatments.
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