Regional variation of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Doets, Alex Y
Verboon, Christine
van den Berg, Bianca
Harbo, Thomas
Cornblath, David R
Willison, Hugh J
Islam, Zhahirul
Attarian, Shahram
Barroso, Fabio A
Bateman, Kathleen
Benedetti, Luana
van den Bergh, Peter
Casasnovas, Carlos
Cavaletti, Guido
Chavada, Govindsinh
Claeys, Kristl G
Dardiotis, Efthimios
Davidson, Amy
van Doorn, Pieter A
Feasby, Tom E
Galassi, Giuliana
Gorson, Kenneth C
Hartung, Hans-Peter
Hsieh, Sung-Tsang
Hughes, Richard A C
Illa, Isabel
Islam, Badrul
Kusunoki, Susumu
Kuwabara, Satoshi
Lehmann, Helmar C
Miller, James A L
Mohammad, Quazi Deen
Monges, Soledad
Nobile Orazio, Eduardo
Pardo, Julio
Pereon, Yann
Rinaldi, Simon
Querol, Luis
Reddel, Stephen W
Reisin, Ricardo C
Shahrizaila, Nortina
Sindrup, Soren H
Waqar, Waheed
Jacobs, Bart C
Jacobs, B C
Hughes, R A C
Cornblath, D R
Gorson, K C
Hartung, H P
Kusunoki, S
van Doorn, P A
Willison, H J
van Woerkom, M
van den Berg, B
Verboon, C
Doets, A Y
Roodbol, J
Jacobs, B C
Reisin, R C
Reddel, S W
Islam, Z
Islam, B
Mohammad, Q D
van den Bergh, P
Feasby, T E
Harbo, T
Péréon, Y
Hartung, H P
Lehmann, H C
Dardiotis, E
Nobile-Orazio, E
Kusunoki, S
Shahrizaila, N
Jacobs, B C
van den Berg, B
Verboon, C
Doets, A Y
Bateman, K
Illa, I
Querol, L
Hsieh, S T
Willison, H J
Chavada, G
Davidson, A
Gorson, K C
Addington, J M
Ajroud-Driss, S
Andersen, H
Antonini, G
Ariatti, A
Attarian, S
Badrising, U A
Barroso, F A
Benedetti, L
Beronio, A
Bianco, M
Binda, D
Briani, C
Bunschoten, C
Bürmann, J
Bella, I R
Bertorini, T E
Bhavaraju-Sanka, R
Brannagan, T H
Busby, M
Butterworth, S
Casasnovas, C
Cavaletti, G
Chao, C C
Chetty, S
Claeys, K G
Conti, M E
Cosgrove, J S
Dalakas, M C
Derejko, M A
Dimachkie, M M
Doppler, K
Dornonville de la Cour, C
Echaniz-Laguna, A
Eftimov, F
Faber, C G
Fazio, R
Fujioka, T
Fulgenzi, E A
Galassi, G
Garcia-Sobrino, T
Garnero, M
Garssen, M P J
Gijsbers, C J
Gilchrist, J M
Goldstein, J M
Granit, V
Grapperon, A
Gutiérrez, G
Hadden, R D M
Holbech, J V
Holt, J K L
Homedes Pedret, C
Htut, M
Jericó Pascual, I
Kaida, K
Karafiath, S
Katzberg, H D
Kiers, L
Kieseier, B C
Kimpinski, K
Kleyweg, R P
Kokubun, N
Kolb, N A
Kuitwaard, K
Kuwabara, S
Kwan, J Y
Ladha, S S
Landschoff Lassen, L
Lawson, V
Ledingham, D
Léon Cejas, L
Lucy, S T
Lunn, M P T
Magot, A
Manji, H
Marchesoni, C
Marfia, G A
Márquez Infante, C
Martinez Hernandez, E
Mataluni, G
McDermott, C J
Meekins, G D
Miller, J A L
Monges, M S
Montero, M C J
Morís de la Tassa, G
Mozzoni, J
Nascimbene, C
Nowak, R J
Orizaloa Balaguer, P
Osei-Bonsu, M
Lee Pan, E B
Pardo, J
Pasnoor, M
Rajabally, Y A
Rinaldi, S
Ritter, C
Roberts, R C
Rojas-Marcos, I
Rudnicki, S A
Ruiz, M
Sachs, G M
Samijn, J P A
Santoro, L
Schenone, A
Schwindling, L
Sedano Tous, M J
Sekiguchi, Y
Sheikh, K A
Silvestri, N J
Sindrup, S H
Sommer, C L
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Stino, A M
Spyropoulos, A
Srinivasan, J
Suzuki, H
Tankisi, H
Tigner, D
Twydell, P T
van Damme, P
van der Kooi, A J
van Dijk, G W
van der Ree, T
van Koningsveld, R
Varrato, J D
Vermeij, F H
Visser, L H
Vytopil, M V
Waheed, W
Wilken, M
Wilkerson, C
Wirtz, P W
Yamagishi, Y
Zhou, L
Zivkovic, S

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MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK
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Department of Neurology, Kindai University, 377–2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama City, Osaka 589–8511, Japan
Department of Neurology, Chiba University, 1–8–1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260–8670, Chiba, Japan
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpenerstrasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Victoria Road, NE1 4LP, Newcastle, UK
National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Department of Neurology, Hospital de Pediatría J.P. Garrahan, Combate de los Pozos 1881, 1245, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Neurology, Milan University, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Milan, Italy
Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínico de Santiago, Travesia Choupana, S/N 15706, Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), Spain
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Reference centre for NMD, CHU Nantes, Place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44093, Nantes, France
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headly Way, Headington, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK
Department of Neurology, Concord Hospital, Hospital Road, 2139, Sydney NSW, Australia
Department of Neurology, Hospital Británico, Perdriel 74, 1280, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Department of Neurology, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000, Odense, Denmark
Department of Neurology, University of Vermont, 89 South William Street 5401, Burlington, USA
Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Correspondence to: Bart C. Jacobs, MD, PhD Room number: EE-2289 Erasmus University Medical Centre Departments of Neurology and Immunology Wytemaweg 80 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]

Alex Y. Doets, Christine Verboon and Bianca van den Berg authors contributed equally to this work.

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Received May 11, 2018

Received in revised form June 21, 2018

Accepted July 23, 2018

Brain 141(10):p 2866-2877, October 2018. | DOI: 10.1093/brain/awy232