Peaked T - waves and sinus arrhythmia before prolonged sinus pauses and atrioventricular block in Guillain-Barre syndrome

Tonelli, Adriano; Khasnis, Atul and Abela, George S. (2007) Peaked T - waves and sinus arrhythmia before prolonged sinus pauses and atrioventricular block in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 7 (4). pp. 249-252. ISSN 0972-6292

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Abstract

An 18-year-old woman presented with a rapidly progressive ascending flaccid paralysis and numbness requiring mechanical ventilation after an upper respiratory infection. Guillain-Barre Syndrome was diagnosed based on albumino-cytologic dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid (elevated proteins with normal white blood cell count) and a demyelinating sensory-motor polyneuropathy pattern on the electromyogram. She was initially treated with intravenous immunoglobulin, but later required plasmapheresis for non-resolution of symptoms.

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