Guillain–Barré syndrome
autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous system
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Summary
Guillain–Barré syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,148 views/month, #2 of 627).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Named after: Georges Guillain[5], Jean Alexandre Barré[6]
- Subclass of: autoimmune disease of peripheral nervous system[7], immune disorder[8], rare neuroinflammatory disease[9], acute and subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy[10]
- Commons category: Guillain–Barré syndrome[11]
- ICPC 2 ID: N94[12]
- Symptoms and signs: ascending paralysis[13]
- Anatomical location: peripheral nervous system[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C116345[15]
- Health specialty: neurology[16]
- Genetic association: PMP22[17]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12842[18], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12842[19], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2103[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[21], WikiProject Medicine[22]
Why It Matters
Guillain–Barré syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 166 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]