No to hattatsu. Brain and development
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We report a 7-year-old girl with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) who showed dramatic improvement after immunoabsorption therapy. She had progressive muscle weakness with resultant respiratory failure. On the 7th day of the illness, she was nearly quadriplegic and dependent on mechanical ventilation. ⋯ She regained normal muscle power without any sequelae. The immunoabsorption therapy caused hemolysis and decrease of serum fibrinogen, but no serious complications. The clinical course of this patient suggests the efficacy of immunoabsorption therapy in GBS.