Correlation of Total Protein in Cerebrospinal Fluid with the Type of Guillain-Barre Syndrome based on the Electrodiagnostic Examination at Prof. Dr. IGNG Ngoerah General Hospital Denpasar
Clarissa Tertia,
Ni Made Dwita Pratiwi,
I Komang Arimbawa
Abstract:Introduction: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system with an incidence of around 0.6 to 2.4 cases per 100,000 population. GBS pathogenesis is related to inflammatory factors, cytokines, chemokines, and complement. Protein levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of GBS patients will increase due to damage or increased permeability of the blood-nerve barrier and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. However, there are still pros and cons to the relationship between t… Show more
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