COVID-19-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome in the early pandemic experience in Lombardia (Italy).
Filippo Martinelli-BoneschiAntonio ColomboNereo BresolinMaria SessaPietro BassiGiampiero GrampaEugenio MagniMaurizio VersinoCarlo FerrareseDavide ZarconeAlberto AlbaneseGiuseppe MicieliCarla ZanferrariAntonio CagnanaClaudio FerranteAngelo ZilioliDavide LocatelliMaria Vittoria CalloniMaria Luisa DelodoviciMattia PozzatoValerio PatissoFrancesco BortolanCamillo ForestiBarbara FrigeniStefania CanellaRubjona XhaniMassimo CrabbioAlessandro ClemenziMarco MauriSimone BerettaIsidoro La SpinaSimona BernasconiTiziana De SantisAnna CavalliniMichela RanieriElisabetta D'AddaMaria Elisa FrugugliettiLorenzo PeverelliEdoardo AgostiOlivia LeoniAndrea RigamontiAndrea SalmaggiPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
We detected an increased incidence of GBS in COVID-19 patients which can reflect a higher risk of GBS in COVID-19 patients and a reduction of GBS events during the pandemic period possibly due to a lower spread of more common respiratory infectious diseases determined by an increased use of preventive measures.