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Note sur la paralysie ascendante aiguë

Gaz. hebd. Méd. Chir., 6, 472-74, 486-88, 1859.

“Landry’s paralysis” – acute infective polyneuritis, more commonly known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. It is difficult to assess the claim of Landry as first to record this condition, since Adolf Kussmaul reported two cases in the same year (Zwei Fälle von Paraplegie, Erlangen).



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Inflammatory Conditions
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