Research Article
Linkage of Multiple Sclerosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Population-Based Survey in Isfahan, Iran
Table 1
Characteristics of seven patients with the diagnosis of both Guillain-Barre' Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis.
| Case number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Date of birth | 1979 | 1974 | 1986 | 1986 | 1981 | 1982 | 1984 | Sex | F | F | F | F | F | M | F | Age at MS onset | 29 | 35 |
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18 | 21 | 27 | 19 | Age at GBS onset | 27 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 22 | Presenting symptom of MS | Facial paresthesia | ON | Right hemiparesia | ON | ON | ON | ON | Post-MS follow-up (year) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 7 | Final EDSS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Current medications of MS | Avonex | Azathioprine | Azathioprine | Avonex | Avonex | Avonex | Avonex | Probable GBS antecedent infections
| Respiratory tract infection | Respiratory tract infection | Gastrointestinal infection | None | Respiratory tract infection | None | Gastrointestinal infection | GBS treatment | IVIg | None | Plasmaphresis | Plasmaphresis | Plasmaphresis | None | IVIg | Hospitalization due to GBS (day) | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
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MS: Multiple sclerosis, GBS: Guillain-Barre' Syndrome, EDSS: expanded disability status scale, ON: optic neuritis, IVIg: intravenous immunoglobulin, M: male, F: female.
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