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A biopsy case of Landry-Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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N. suralis taken from a patient showing the typical Landry-Guillain-Barré Syndrome was examined electron microscopically and showed degenerative changes of the myelin sheaths, Schwann cells, axons and unmyelinated nerve fibres. The changes in the unmyelinated nerve fibres might be concerned with disturbances of autonomic function.

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Biopsie-Material des N. suralis einer Patientin mit typischem Landry-Guillain-Barré-Syndrom wurde elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Es fanden sich degenerative Veränderungen, die sowohl die Myelinscheiden als auch Schwannsche Zellen und unmyelinisierten Nervenfasern betraffen. Vor allem die Veränderungen an unmyelinisierten Nervenfasern scheinen mit der Funktionsstörung autonomer Nerven in Beziehung zu stehen.

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  1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Honjo-Machi, Kumamoto, Japan

    Taihei Miyakawa, Eiichi Murayama, Shiro Sumiyoshi, Motonori Deshimaru, Atsushi Kamano, Kohei Miyakawa & Seijun Tatetsu

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Miyakawa, T., Murayama, E., Sumiyoshi, S. et al. A biopsy case of Landry-Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Acta Neuropathol 17, 181–187 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00685052

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