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Guillain‐Barré's Syndrome Associated with Poliomyelitis in Newborn
Author(s) -
HAGBERG BENGT,
HERLITZ GILLIS
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1953.tb05582.x
Subject(s) - medicine , poliomyelitis , tetraplegia , pediatrics , guillain barre syndrome , cerebrospinal fluid , paralysis , surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry , spinal cord injury
Summary Two cases of Guillain‐Barré's syndrome in newborns with, probable poliomyelitis are reported. The infants were 10 and 8 days old. Both were afebrile, had general flaecidity with tetraplegia and initially the cerebrospinal fluid showed marked albu‐minocytologic dissociation. The mother of the first had typical poliomyelitis, starting on the day of delivery. This boy recovered completely. The other developed residual paralysis characteristic of poliomyelitis. A survey of the well documented cases of poliomyelitis in infants under two weeks of age reveals that general flaecidity and elevated cerebrospinal protein levels seem to be the rule rather than an exception. Different possibilities for this phenomenon are discussed.