Ernerudh J, Osterberg A, Berlin G
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Health Science, Linköping Hospital, Sweden.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1990 Oct;82(4):284-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1990.tb01620.x.
Relapse frequency in 23 patients with acute Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) treated with plasma exchange (PE) was studied. Fifteen patients showed clear improvement, and 4 patients some improvement during the PE period, whereas 4 patients did not improve in immediate connection to the PE treatment. During the follow up time of 6-96 months (mean 36 months), only one of the 23 patients had a relapse, which appeared after 3 months. This relapse frequency is similar to that reported as the natural history of GBS, and thus, we can not verify the recently reported increased relapse frequency of GBS after PE.
