Author Response: An International Perspective on Preceding Infections in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: The IGOS-1000 Cohort. (31st January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leonhard, Sonja E.; van der Eijk, Annemiek A.; Willison, Hugh J.; Jacobs, Bart C.
• Is Part Of: Neurology. Volume 100:Number 5(2023)
• Page Start: 264
• Page End: 264
• Publication Date: 2023-01-31
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurologie -- Périodiques; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000206817
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-3878

Abstract

Abstract : We thank the readers for their comments on our article. 1 The results of the International Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) Outcome Study (IGOS) do not reflect GBS statistics worldwide. We focused on 5 pathogens consistently associated with GBS in case-control studies and found similar distributions across participating countries including Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Japan. 1 In 59% of patients, no evidence of infection was found, which suggests other triggers.