{"id":421,"date":"2014-07-21T08:20:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T08:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/?p=421"},"modified":"2014-07-21T08:20:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T08:20:03","slug":"gbs-in-asia-a-must-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/jnnp\/2014\/07\/21\/gbs-in-asia-a-must-read\/","title":{"rendered":"GBS in Asia:  A must read!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune neuropathy with a heterogeneous etiology affecting both the myelin and the axon.\u00a0 GBS is probably the most frequent cause of a rapidly progressive neuropathy in the Western world.\u00a0 Although the demyelinating variant is more frequent in Western forms of GBS in Asia, the axonal form (termed AMAN) is more frequent.\u00a0 The review by Bae and colleagues in this issue of JNNP is an authoritative review on the topic providing novel clinical, physiological, pathological and pathophysiological insights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Must read at http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"article-title-1\">Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 syndrome in Asia<\/h1>\n<div class=\"contributors\">\n<ol id=\"contrib-group-1\" class=\"contributor-list\">\n<li id=\"contrib-1\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Jong+Seok+Bae&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Jong Seok Bae<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-1-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-1\">1<\/a><span class=\"xref-sep\">,<\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-2-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-2\">2<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-2\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Nobuhiro+Yuki&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Nobuhiro Yuki<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-3-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-3\">3<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-3\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Satoshi+Kuwabara&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Satoshi Kuwabara<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-4-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-4\">4<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-4\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Jong+Kuk+Kim&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Jong Kuk Kim<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-5-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-5\">5<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-5\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Steve+Vucic&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Steve Vucic<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-2-2\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-2\">2<\/a><span class=\"xref-sep\">,<\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-6-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-6\">6<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-6\" class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Cindy+S+Lin&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Cindy S Lin<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-2-3\" class=\"xref-aff\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/content\/85\/8\/907.abstract#aff-2\">2<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"contrib-7\" class=\"last\"><span class=\"name\"><a class=\"name-search\" href=\"http:\/\/jnnp.bmj.com\/search?author1=Matthew+C+Kiernan&amp;sortspec=date&amp;submit=Submit\">Matthew C Kiernan<\/a><\/span><a id=\"xref-aff-7-1\" class=\"xref-aff\" 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