[Table/Fig-2]:

Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects with other three studies

	Characteristics	Korinthenberg et al., [1]	Dhadke SV et al., [2]	Akbayram S et al., [9]	Our study
1.	Study population (n)	175	40	36	20
	Study period	5 years	1yr 8mths	6yrs	1yr 6mths
	Age range	11mth-17.7yrs	13yrs-40yrs	6mths-180mths	16mths-17yrs
	Male: Female ratio	1.27:1	1.5:1	1.25:1	2.3:1
2.	Preceding events prior to the illness (%)	79	55	69.4	50
3.	Clinical presentation (%)
	(a) Limb weakness	69.5	100	94.4	100
	(b) Sensory dysfunction	42	32.5	27.8	25
	(c) Cranial nerve dysfunction	35.6	62.5	12.0	20
	(d) Autonomic dysfunction	19.5	None	25.0	25
	(e) Respiratory insufficiency requiring assisted ventilation	16	32.5	8.3	35
4.	Albumino-cytological dissociation in CSF analysis (%)	-	65.3 (26 of 40)	51.4	2 out of 5
5.	Electrodiagnostic categorization (%)
	(a) AIDP	67	100	69.4	22.2
	(b) AMAN	19	-	27.8	38.9
	(c) AMSAN	-	-	2.8	22.2
	(d) Unclassified/mixed	14	-	-	16.7
6.	Recipients of IVIG (n)	70	14	34	16
7.	Recipients of plasmapharesis(n)	19	4	-	1
8.	Outcome (%)
	(a) Complete recovery	92 (98 of 106)	75	80.5	82.4(14 of17)
	(b) Incomplete recovery	8	5	11.2	17.6
	(c) Death	-	20	8.3	-