COVID-19-associated serum and cerebrospinal fluid cytokines in post- versus para-infectious SARS-CoV-2-related Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Federico MassaTiziana VigoMargherita BellucciDebora GiuntiMaria Mobilia EmanuelaDavide VisigalliGiovanna CapodiventoDenise CerneAndrea AssiniSilvia BoniDomenica RizziEleonora NarcisoGiuseppe Stefano GrisantiElena CocoAntonio UccelliAngelo SchenoneDiego FranciottaLuana BenedettiPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2024)
The change of cytokines linked to SARS-CoV-2 in COV-GBS appears to be driven by viral infection, although it has unique characteristics in GBS as such and does not account for cases with para- or post-infectious onset.