7. Clinical Features
Muscle weakness usually in the legs
-Acute
-Progressive
-symmetric
-usually peak by 2 weeks
Facial weakness
Dysautonomia
Respiratory failure
Sensory deficit:minimal
bladder /bowel:transiently involved
11. Brighton criteria
1.Bilateral and flaccid weakness of the limbs
2.Decreased /absent DTR in weak limbs.
3.Monophasic ,interval between onset and nadir of weakness
between 12 h and 28 days .
4.Electrophysiological study consistent with GBS.
5.CSF:cytoalbuminologic dissociation
6. Absence of alternatice diagnosis for weakness.