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Can Guillain-Barre syndrome present with intact reflexes?

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Neurology · Northwestern Medicine

GBS is hallmarked by ascending weakness and loss of reflexes simplistically put, with a mean Nadir of 9 days.

Tendon reflex loss occurs early in most (70%) but not all patients, progressive reduction during 1st week with the clinical pattern of distribution were in ankles most frequently lost; biceps...

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Neurology · University of Minnesota

Absolutely. This observation is more common in axonal variants of GBS like AMAN with GM1 antibodies. With classic AIDP reflexes are usually lost.

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Neurology · Boice-Willis Clinic, P. A.

The reflex status is variable, should be checked daily while in ICU.

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