Guillain-Barré syndrome following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Neurology. 1997 Dec;49(6):1711-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.49.6.1711.

Abstract

We describe four patients who developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). All four patients had a febrile illness before developing GBS. Two patients had mild graft-versus-host disease but did not require immunosuppression. These patients add to the increasing number of BMT patients whose courses have been complicated by GBS and raise the possibility that BMT patients, especially those undergoing allogeneic BMT, may have a higher risk of developing GBS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy / etiology*
  • Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects