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Does the age of a GBS patient affect likelihood of preserved reflexes?
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Neurology · Northwestern Medicine
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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
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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.
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The reflex status is variable, should be checked daily while in ICU.
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