PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Winer, J B
TI  - When the Guillain-Barré patient fails to respond to treatment
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.2009.176578
DP  - 2009 Aug 01
TA  - Practical Neurology
PG  - 227--230
VI  - 9
IP  - 4
4099  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/9/4/227.short
4100  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/9/4/227.full
SO  - Pract Neurol2009 Aug 01; 9
AB  - Most patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) respond to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin, but it is not uncommon for some to continue to deteriorate for a period after treatment has been started. This may reflect the natural history of the disease, or an error in diagnosis. This article reflects my own view of what to do in this situation, with a review of what few data there are to guide decision making.