Retrospective analysis of Guillain–Barré syndrome and Fisher syndrome after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Brain and Behavior

Hirofumi Tsuboi²  Naoto Sugeno²  Maki Tateyama²  Ichiro Nakashima²  Takafumi Hasegawa²  Hiroshi Kuroda²  Kimihiko Kaneko²  Michiko Kobayashi¹  Aya Ishigaki¹  Juichi Fujimori¹ 

[1] Department of Neurology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai, Japan;Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan

关键词: Disaster;    epidemiology;    Fisher syndrome;    Guillain–Barré syndrome;   

DOI  :  10.1002/brb3.234

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Fisher syndrome (FS) are immune-mediated peripheral neuropathies, and most of these cases were known to be associated with a preceding infection. Recent reports evidenced an increase in the number of infectious disease cases after the earthquake. The aim of this report is to investigate the incidence and clinical features of GBS and FS after the Great East Japan Earthquake. We found GBS and FS patients had markedly increased in 2011, the year of the earthquake. In regard to an antecedent illness, gastrointestinal infection was significantly increased in GBS patients after the earthquake. These results suggest environmental factors including infectious agents and stress caused by the earthquake might have been involved in the outbreak of the diseases.

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