Report of five children with Guillain-Barré syndrome following a nationwide oral polio vaccine campaign in Turkey
Anlar, O.; Tombul, T.; Arslan, S.; Akdeniz, H.; Caksen, H.; Gundem, A.; Akbayram, S.
Neurology India 51(4): 544-545
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3886 PMID: 14742945 Document Number: 562159
Five children with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), following a national oral polio vaccination campaign to eradicate disease, are reported. Clinical examination, cerebrospinal fluid and electromyographic findings conformed to the classical description of GBS. Four of them received therapeutic dose of intravenous immunoglobulin G. Two children succumbed to the disease. It was observed that the number of cases of GBS in children increased during the period of the oral polio vaccination campaign in Turkey, suggesting a causal relationship.