Wilmshurst J M, Pohl K R, Vaughan R W, Hughes R A
Paediatric Neurology Department, Newcomen Centre, London, UK.
Eur J Neurol. 1999 Jul;6(4):499-503. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.640499.x.
There are few reports of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) occurring in families. We have encountered a mother, who developed acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy at age 35 years, whose son developed the bulbar form of GBS 7 years later. Both shared HLA DR2.
