Jean-Alexandre Barré
French neurologist
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Guillain-Barré syndrome
- In Guillain-Barré syndrome: Historical developments
French neurologists Georges Guillain, Jean-Alexandre Barré, and André Strohl found that patients with symptoms of a condition resembling Landry paralysis had elevated concentrations of protein in their cerebrospinal fluid. In 1919, Guillain and Barré acknowledged Landry paralysis in a report describing a fatal case of the syndrome they had…
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