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<i>PATIENT FACTORS</i>
<br/>1. Older age (&gt; 50 years)
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<br/><i>DISEASE FACTORS</i>
<br/>2. Subgroup of GBS with primary axonal degeneration
<br/>3. Rapid onset
<br/>4. Progression to quadriplegia
<br/>5. Respiratory dependence
<br/>6. Severe disease at presentation
<br/>7. Campylobacter jejuni infection
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<br/>8. Patients showing no improvement at 3 weeks of plateau of disease
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<br/><i>TREATMENT FACTORS</i>
<br/>9. Requirement for respiratory support
<br/>10. Abnormal peripheral nerve function
<br/>11. No plasmapheresis is performed


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