where does the name guillain-barre syndrome come from
Guillain–Barré syndrome In those with severe weakness, prompt treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins or plasmapheresis, together with supportive care, will lead to good recovery in the majority.[2] Recovery may take weeks to years.[2] About a third have some permanent weakness.[2] Globally death occurs in about 7.5% of those affected.[1] Guillain–Barré syndrome is rare, at one or two cases per 100,000 people every year.[2][3] Both sexes and all parts of the world have similar rates of disease.[1][2] The syndrome is named after the French neurologists Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barré, who described it with André Strohl in 1916.[5][6]