Guillain-Barre Syndrome
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Acceptability at Recruitment
QUALIFIED
Acceptability at CT / Work-Up
QUALIFIED
Individual at Risk
Recipient
Explanation of Condition
Autoimmune condition causing paralysis of the entire body, usually starting with the feet and rising up from there (ascending paralysis). Life-threatening without ventilatory support, but the condition spontaneously remits and most sufferers will make a full recovery.
Guidance
Never acceptable for PBSC
May be acceptable for BM if more than two years from recovery, with no recurrence of symptoms, and neurologist can confirm typical monophasic GBS that recovered within 12 months.
Discuss with MO and inform transplant centre.
Pseudonyms or Related Conditions
Acute post-infective polyneuritis
Version
Version 1, Edition 2
Date of Last Update
1 June 2016