Guillain-Barre syndrome of acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) type associated with herpes zoster: a case report
| dc.contributor.author | Wanninayake, L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rajapaksha, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nair, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gunarathne, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ranawaka, U. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-22T06:40:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-22T06:40:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) following Varicella zoster is a rare presentation and has only been reported in a few cases around the world. Of the reported cases, the type of GBS is not specifed in the majority, and where specifed is of the acute infammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) type. We report a case of acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) type GBS following herpes zoster in a 27-year-old male who presented with bilateral lower limb weakness and left sided lower motor neuron type facial nerve palsy a week after herpes zoster infection. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | BMC Neurology.2024;24(1):109 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2377 (Electronic) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/27907 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_US |
| dc.subject | AMAN | en_US |
| dc.subject | Guillan Barre Syndrome (GBS) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Herpes zoster | en_US |
| dc.title | Guillain-Barre syndrome of acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) type associated with herpes zoster: a case report | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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