PEDIATRICS Vol. 45 No. 2 February 1970, pp. 294-295
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with ECHO Virus Type 7 Infections

Takashi Urano M.D.1, Takao Kawase M.D.1, Kinjiro Kodaira M.D.1, Yoshinao Takeuchi M.D.1, Tatsuo Kikuchi M.D.1, and Mikio Kimura M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics Keio University School of Medicine 35-Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku Tokyo, Japan

The cause and pathogenesis of this syndrome remain unknown. The recovery of ECHO virus type 7 from the cerebrospinal fluid and stool of a patient with the Guillain-Barré syndrome during its acute stages and the demonstration of a concomitant increase in antibody titer establish that the syndrome and the infection were concurrent. This is apparently the third ECHO virus to be associated with this kind of illness.