Table 4.

Characteristics of Three Patients with Guillain–Barré Syndrome after the Onset of Covid-19.

Patient No.	Characteristics	Onset of Neurologic symptoms	Neurologic Signs and Symptoms	CSF analysis	EDX subtype	Treatment	Outcome
1	88-year-old woman	two days prior to admission with severe fatigue and low back pain	Paraparesis developed to quadriparesis, absent DTR in lower limbs and decreased DTR in upper limbs	WBC < 10 cell/µl Elevated protein level (88 mg/dl)	AMSAN	Plasma exchange	Favorable, discharged 15 days followed by the admission
2	47-year-old man	About a week prior to admission, coincide with respiratory symptoms	Dysarthria and decreased DTR in lower limbs followed by quadriparesis	WBC < 10 cell/µl Elevated protein level (154 mg/dl)	AMSAN	Plasma exchange	Death on the 4th day of admission
3	58-year-old man	7 days followed by admission	muscle weakness, gait disturbance and areflexia	WBC < 10 cell/µl Elevated protein level (65 mg/dl)	AMSAN	IVIg & Plasma exchange	Death on the 20th day of admission

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; EDX, electrodiagnosis; DTR, deep tendon reflex; RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell; AMSAN, acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy; IVIg, intravenous immune globulin.