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The case of a 75-year-old man with Guillain-Barré syndrome is presented. By means of transcranial electrical stimulation and epidural recording at the spinal level L2-3, distinct potentials with a latency of 21ms were obtained when the patient was tetraplegic. At the same time electromyographic responses of the thenar and anterior tibial muscles were absent following both transcranial and peripheral nerve stimulation. The patient recovered partially within 4 weeks. It is concluded that epidurally recorded motor evoked responses allow electrophysiological assessment of the descending pathways even in severe cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome and might contribute to a more accurate prediction of outcome.
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Zentner, J., Ebner, A. Motor evoked responses recorded epidurally in a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Eur Arch Psychiatr Neurol Sci 238, 31–32 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381077
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381077