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Mathis S, Soulages A, Le Masson G, Vallat JM. History of acute polyradiculoneuropathy (part 2): From 1916 to 2019. Neurology 2020; 94:836-840. [PMID: 32345731 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
First reported by Guillain, Barré, and Strohl during the Great War, the concept of "Guillain-Barré syndrome" (GBS) progressively emerged as a clinical entity in its own right. Despite many debates about its clinical and pathophysiologic characteristics, GBS is now recognized as a disease throughout the world. We describe here the main steps of the rich history of GBS, from 1916 to the present.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stéphane Mathis
- From the Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit (S.M., A.S., G.L.M.), CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin University Hospital); University of Bordeaux (G.L.M.); INSERM (G.L.M.), Neurocentre Magendie, "Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale," Bordeaux; and Department of Neurology (J.-M.V.), National Reference Center for "Rare Peripheral Neuropathies," University Hospital, Limoges, France.
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- From the Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit (S.M., A.S., G.L.M.), CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin University Hospital); University of Bordeaux (G.L.M.); INSERM (G.L.M.), Neurocentre Magendie, "Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale," Bordeaux; and Department of Neurology (J.-M.V.), National Reference Center for "Rare Peripheral Neuropathies," University Hospital, Limoges, France
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- From the Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit (S.M., A.S., G.L.M.), CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin University Hospital); University of Bordeaux (G.L.M.); INSERM (G.L.M.), Neurocentre Magendie, "Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale," Bordeaux; and Department of Neurology (J.-M.V.), National Reference Center for "Rare Peripheral Neuropathies," University Hospital, Limoges, France
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- From the Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit (S.M., A.S., G.L.M.), CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin University Hospital); University of Bordeaux (G.L.M.); INSERM (G.L.M.), Neurocentre Magendie, "Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale," Bordeaux; and Department of Neurology (J.-M.V.), National Reference Center for "Rare Peripheral Neuropathies," University Hospital, Limoges, France
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Mathis S, Vallat JM. The mysterious death of Georges Cuvier (1832): An early case of severe Guillain-Barré syndrome? Neuromuscul Disord 2020; 30:250-253. [PMID: 32165107 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Although Guillain-Barré syndrome was officially described in 1916, other cases had been reported earlier, such as some cases of Landry's paralysis. This year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), one of the fathers of comparative anatomy and palaeontology: he died at age 63 from an unknown disease. By reading medical reports about his last days and hours, we conclude Cuvier died from a severe form of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Moreover, we think this observation could be the first complete report of acute polyradiculoneuropathy with pharyngeal-cervical-brachial onset.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stéphane Mathis
- Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, CHU Bordeaux (Pellegrin University Hospital), Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
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- Department of Neurology, National Reference Center for 'Rare Peripheral Neuropathies', University Hospital, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France
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Mathis S, Le Masson G, Vallat JM. Early clinicopathologic description of nodoparanodopathy in the 19th century. Neurology 2019; 93:788-792. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nodoparanodopathy is a recent concept in the field of peripheral neuropathy, corresponding to peripheral nerve disorders stemming from an autoimmune attack directed and limited to the nodal region. This concept was identified using modern techniques of electrophysiology, immunology, and pathology (including electron microscopy). We present here what we believe to be the earlier well-documented case of nodoparanodopathy in the medical literature, based on an article written by Samuel Gilbert Webber (1838–1926) in 1884.
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