It
may be caused by an autoimmune
reaction,
in which the body attacks its own
tissues.
SourceExample
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Guillain-Barré syndrome:
an autoimmune
disease that damages
sensory and motor nerves," Dr.
Armond Goldman, an emeritus
professor in the Department of
Pediatrics at UTMB
The
paralysis which struck Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (FDR) in 1921 was
not caused by poliomyelitis, as has
been universally assumed by
physicians and historians, according
to researchers from the University
of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). They
believe that the most likely cause
of FDR's paralysis was
Guillain-Barré syndrome.