Anti-ganglioside antibodies profile in Guillain-Barré syndrome: Correlation with clinical features, electrophysiological pattern, and outcome.

Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its subtypes are associated with distinct anti-ganglioside antibodies. Hence, we aimed to determine the frequency of anti-ganglioside antibodies and its correlation with clinical features, electrophysiological patterns, and outcome in patients with GBS.

Material And Methods: The data regarding clinical features, electrophysiological patterns, and outcome at 6 months were collected and analyzed from the case records of patients diagnosed with GBS during 2008-2013 at a tertiary care hospital in south India.

Prevalence and risk factors of carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic individual subjects in a tertiary care center in India.

Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is increasingly identified as a marker of atherosclerosis and increased risk of cerebrovascular disease.

Aim: We aimed to investigate the prevalence of carotid IMT in asymptomatic Indian individuals, more than 40 years of age, and correlate it with other risk factors for cerebrovascular ischemia.

Materials And Methods: Individuals attending outpatient services of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, who were asymptomatic for cerebrovascular ischemia underwent detailed history and carotid Doppler examination.

Guillain Barre syndrome as a manifestation of neurological melioidosis.

Neurological melioidosis is a very rare and very few cases have been reported from India. Presentation is an extremely varied and as this disease is associated with high mortality, high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose and treat. In this context, we report a patient presenting as Guillain Barre syndrome evaluated as melioidosis.