Guillain-Barre syndrome

Term ID

DOID:12842

Synonyms

• acute infective polyneuritis
• acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy
• acute postinfectious polyneuropathy
• Infectious neuronitis
• Post-infectious polyneuritis
• Postinfectious polyneuritis

Definition

An autoimmune disease of peripheral nervous system that causes body's immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous system. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm

References

• GARD:6554
• ICD10CM:G61.0
• MESH:D020275
• MIM:139393
• NCI:C116345
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:155082001
• UMLS_CUI:C0018378

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:12842 )