Research & Resources
Research is ongoing into the cause of GBS, CIDP and Miller Fisher syndrome. Many different groups are involved worldwide, and neurologists are running many trials in an effort to find aids for early diagnosis and ways to make treatment less complicated and less of an interruption to daily life. More information is available at the following websites: Johns Hopkins Medical, Mayo Clinic, US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke .
Research Papers
Dr Gareth Perry has kindly agreed to let us publish a number of papers and articles that he has written on various aspects of GBS.
- Vaccination in patients with CIDP and GBS
- Fatigue following Guillain Barré syndrome
- Use of gabapentin in the treatment of neuropathic pain
- Residual effects following Guillain Barré
- Pain in the Guillain Barré syndrome
- Miller Fisher syndrome
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A brief overview
Dr Robert Gregory, formerly of Massey University, a founder of and now an honorary life member of the group, has penned the following paper about GBS:
The following paper on the low likelihood of recurrence of GBS is written by Toby Ferguson and Mark Brown of University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Other Resources
Nursing a GBS patient (pdf file) – reproduced courtesy of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand
GBS Case Support from State Institutions (pdf) – a guide to receiving financial and/or physical assistance for GBS/CIDP sufferers
Recent Research in New Zealand
Media Release Feb 2012 – Food Safety Regulation of Poultry Cuts Levels of Paralysis (MS Word document)
GBS cases decline after campylobacteriosis control:
