Open AccessBilateral Crocodile Tears in a Patient with Guillain-Barr?? Syndrome
Author(s) -
Yvonne Delaney,
John Elston
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of neuro-ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1536-5166
pISSN - 1070-8022
DOI - 10.1097/00041327-200206000-00011
Subject(s) - tears , guillain barre syndrome , crocodile , medicine , regeneration (biology) , pediatrics , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology
We describe the first reported case of the development of bilateral crocodile tears in Guillain-Barré Syndrome. This finding is an expression of axonal degeneration in the acute phase and misdirection-in-regeneration in the chronic phase.