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Comparative Study
. 1988:139 Suppl 1:43-5.

[Functional recovery in Guillain-Barre syndrome: benefits of plasma exchange]

[Article in French]
E Cassuto-Viguier  1 , F Sanderson, B Kullman, J F Quaranta, N Montagne, A Gueyraud, C Therre, H Duplay
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  • PMID: 3247991
Comparative Study

[Functional recovery in Guillain-Barre syndrome: benefits of plasma exchange]

[Article in French]
E Cassuto-Viguier et al. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1988.

Abstract

A monocentric, retrospective, comparative long term study based essentially on functional criteria was performed on 27 patients presenting Guillain-Barré syndrome, 14 treated with plasma exchange (PE), 13 with conventional therapy during the same period. Severity of the disease was similar in both groups. Functional improvement of PE treated patients was significant and mean duration of hospital stay significantly shortened (mean 79 days). These findings confirm those in the literature and suggest that treatment with PE be applied to every case of severe recent Guillain-Barre syndrome.

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