- Landry paralysis (syndrome)
- Lan·dry paralysis (syndrome) (lah-dreґ) [Jean Baptiste Octave Landry, French physician, 1826–1865] Guillain-Barrй syndrome.
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Landry paralysis (syndrome)
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Landry paralysis — Guillain Barrй syndrome … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Paralysis — Loss of voluntary movement (motor function). Paralysis that affects only one muscle or limb is partial paralysis, also known as palsy; paralysis of all muscles is total paralysis, as may occur in cases of botulism. * * * 1. Loss of power of… … Medical dictionary
Syndrome, Guillain-Barre — This disorder is characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and loss of reflexes, usually beginning in the legs. There is, in most cases, nearly complete or complete recovery. The Guillain Barre syndrome is not associated with fever.… … Medical dictionary
Landry's paralysis — Lan·dry s paralysis lan drēz n GUILLAIN BARRÉ SYNDROME Lan·dry län drē Jean Baptiste Octave (1826 1865) French physician. Landry published a treatise on diseases of the nervous system in 1855. Four years later he produced a treatise on paralyses… … Medical dictionary
Landry's paralysis — noun a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown • Syn: ↑Guillain Barre syndrome, ↑infectious polyneuritis • Hypernyms: ↑polyneuritis, ↑multiple neuritis * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Landry’s ascending paralysis — A particularly virulent form of Guillain Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu like illness that brings on general physical weakness, but is then characterized by rapidly progressing paralysis that starts in the legs and arms, and… … Medical dictionary
Landry — Jean B.O., French physician, 1826–1865. See L. paralysis, L. syndrome, L. Guillain Barré syndrome … Medical dictionary
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and hallucinations — GBS is known under more than 20 names, including Guillain Barré Strohl syndrome, Landry Guillain Barré syndrome, Landry s paralysis, Landry s ascending paralysis, Landry s syndrome, Kussmaul Landry syndrome, Landry Kussmaul syndrome, acute… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Guillain-Barrй syndrome — (GBS) rapidly progressive ascending motor neuron paralysis of unknown etiology, frequently seen after an enteric or respiratory infection. An autoimmune mechanism following viral infection has been postulated. It begins with paresthesias of the… … Medical dictionary
