Guillain-Barré syndromenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɡiː.ãˈbær.eɪ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/ɡiːˌjæn.bəˈreɪ ˌsɪn.droʊm/abbreviation GBS specializeda condition in which the immune system attacks part of the nervous system, starting in the nerves of the feet and hands, resulting in weak muscles, loss of feeling and possible paralysis (= inability to move):
Most patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome recover well but some never fully regain muscle strength.
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- myelin damage
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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