Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS): differential diagnoses
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS): differential diagnoses. Critical illness polyneuropathy, Diphtheritic polyneuropathy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Severe neuropathies
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
- Critical illness polyneuropathy
- Diphtheritic polyneuropathy
- Paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy
- Acute Beriberi
Infective neuropathies
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Drug-induced demyelinating neuropathies
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Other neuromuscular disorders
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Other differentials
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References
- Fish M, Llewelyn G. The Guillain-Barre syndrome. ACNR 2008; 8:10-12.
- Vallat JM, Sommer C, Magy L. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for a treatable condition. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9:402-412.
- Odaka M, Yuki N, Hirata K. Patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy initially diagnosed as Guillain-Barre syndrome. J Neurol 2003; 250:913-916.
- de Letter MA, Visser LH, van der Meché FG, Ang W, Savelkoul HF. Distinctions between critical illness polyneuropathy and axonal Guillain-Barre syndrome. JNNP 2000; 68:397-398.
- Logina I, Donaghy M. Diphtheritic polyneuropathy: a clinical study and comparison with Guillain-Barre syndrome. JNNP 1999; 67:433-438.
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