[EANF-01] GBS in Asia

[EANF-01-2] Guillain-Barre syndrome in China

Liying Cui (Peking Union Medical College Hospital)

There are regional variations in the clinical features of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) and Miller Fisher syndrome are more frequently seen in the east Asia including Japan than in the western countries. In particular, AMAN type is reported to be far more frequent in Bangladesh than in the other regions. Expensive thrapies such as IVIg and plasmapheresis are not always available in the developing countries. In this symposium, clinical features and therapies of GBS in several Asian countries ( Korea, China and Bangladesh) will be reported. Such information should be useful for Japanese neurologists.

Liying Cui, professor of Neurology, chair of neurological department in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The president of Chinese Society of Neurology. The general editor of Chinese Journal of Neurology.
She had been trained in Duke University and UNC medical centers as a Visiting professor in EMG Lab for one year and in California University medical center in Irvine as a clinical neurophysiological fellow for two years. Her most clinical research on ALS, ALS-FTD and clinical neurophysiological studies on other neuromuscular disorders. More than 400 papers have been published.