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noun Pathology.
an uncommon, usually self-limited form of polyneuritis, occurring after a viral illness or immunization and manifested by loss of muscle strength, loss of or altered sensation and sometimes paralysis.
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after French physicians Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967), who described it
after French physicians Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967), who described it
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Guillain-barré syndrome
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Guillain-Barré syndrome Guil·lain-Bar·ré syndrome (gē-yān'bə-rā', gē-yāɴ'-)
n.
See acute idiopathic polyneuritis.
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