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Table 3 Diagnosis and treatment plan and course of GBS in patients with paresthesia symptoms only

From: Clinical and electrophysiological features of pure sensory Guillain-Barré syndrome: retrospective analysis of 22 patients across 14 provinces in Southern China

Characteristic

Control

(n = 19)

Pure sensory GBS (n = 22)

P value

CSF Albuminocytological

dissociation

12*(85.71)

17**(89.47)

0.9999

Treatment

  

0.7510

IVIG

13 (68.42)

16 (72.73)

 

GCs

4 (21.05)

5 (22.73)

 

IVIG + GCs

1 (5.26)

1 (4.55)

 

NO

1 (5.26)

0 (0.00)

 

Hughes score on admission

   

≥ 3

9 (47.37)

4 (18.18)

0.0452

<3

10 (52.63)

18 (81.82)

 

Hughes score at discharge

0.89 ± 0.66

1.00 ± 0.76

0.7028

Peak time, day

8.92 ± 5.28

6.71 ± 5.61

0.1347

Hospital stay, day

16.00 ± 7.67

12.91 ± 5.51

0.0339

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation
  2. *14 patients in the abnormal CMAP group underwent lumbar puncture; **19 patients
  3. in the normal CMAP group underwent lumbar puncture
  4. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; GCs, glucocorticoids; NO, purely supportive treatment
  5. Statistically significant results are indicated in bold
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