A Multicentric Prospective Incidence Study of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Italy. the ITANG Study

M. D. Benedetti, M. Pugliatti, R. Dalessandro, E. Beghi, A. Chio, G. Logroscino, G. Filippini, F. Galeotti, M. Massari, C. Santuccio, R. Abruzzi L Raschetti, E Agazzi, E Agostoni, L Ambrogio, S Amidei, C Arbasino, V Argentiero, M Arnaboldi, D Baldini, R BarkiP Bassi, F Basso, V Belcastro, M Bellotti, E Bersano, R Besana, L Bettoni, G Bezzi, C Bianconi, M Bondavalli, A Bonometti, Borghi AM, C Borsato, S Bortolotto, Bottacchi EF, N Bresolin, S Bruno, A Burlina, G Cafasso, C Callegarini, A Calvo, E Candeloro, A Casano, Cattaneo SI, R Cavallo, A Cheldi, G Ciardo, F Cirignotta, Clerici AM, R Clerici, G Comi, R Conti, F Coppo, V Covelli, V Crespi, Dossi M Currò, Curtò NA, E D'Adda, C Dallocchio, S D'Anna, Massis P De, Toni Franceschini L De, Vito N Di, G Didonè, M Dileone, E Donati, M Dotta, R Fazio, F Federico, C Ferrarese, F Ferrazzini, B Ferrero, M Filosto, E Frasson, S Fusina, A Galbussera, E Gastaldo, C Geda, P Ghiglione, B Giometto, M Gionco, A Giorgetti, G Giussani, F Gobbin, G Grampa, E Granieri, G Greco, D Guidetti, C Guidi, M Guidotti, G Gusmaroli, D Imperiale, S Internò, S Jann, Spina I La, A Leo, M Leone, S Leoni, D Leotta, R Lerario, G Liotta, P Livrea, di Cortemiglio E Luda, B Maggio, E Magni, A Magnoni, J Maistrelli, D Manca, J Mandrioli, U Manera, N Marcello, P Marchi, C Marchini, S Marconi, M Mattioli, A Mauro, G Mazzaglia, D Medici, P Meineri, G Meola, G Micaglio, R Michelucci, G Michieli, G Micieli, C Minardi, C Moglia, S Monaco, E Montanari, G Moretto, V Munerati, G Mura, V Mussutto, C Nascimbene, W Neri, P Nichelli, E Nobile-Orazio, E Oddenino, S Onorato, A Padovani, M Palermo, Papurello DM, B Passarella, G Pavesi, Penza MT, M Perini, F Perini, F Perla, N Perlotto, P Perrone, P Pignatta, F Pisano, F Poglio, A Polo, M Poloni, D Porazzi, L Pradotto, P Previdi, R Quatrale, F Rasi, A Ravasio, C Ravetti, M Repaci, T Riccardi, P Riguzzi, R Rinaldi, M Riva, V Romeo, A Romorini, T Rosso, G Rotondo, T Sacquegna, F Sanson, V Santamato, D Santoro, V Sartori, F Sasanelli, K Savio, M Serena, V Silani, L Silvestri, V Simioni, Squintani GM, M Suardelli, L Tartagla, F Terenghi, E Terlizzi, Terzano MG, F Tesser, L Testa, A Ticca, N Ticozzi, M Tiriticco, Tola MR, S Tonietti, G Trianni, M Trojano, F Trotta, M Turatti, E Ursino, A Vanotti, M Vercellino, A Villani, E Vitelli, Marsala S Zambito, G Zanette, D Zarcone, G Zimatore, S. Zoccolella

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Abstract

To assess Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) incidence we relied on the Italian Network for the study of GBS (ITANG) established in 2010 in 7 Italian regions to analyse the association between influenza vaccination and GBS. Methods: All individuals aged ≥18 years, presenting with clinical manifestations that suggested GBS according to the universally accepted Asbury's diagnostic criteria (1990) were prospectively notified to a centralised database by ITANG neurologists over the period October 1, 2010-September 30, 2011. Through a telephone survey, 9 trained interviewers followed up the cases to diagnosis and then for 1 year since hospital discharge. Validation of case reporting was performed with the support of administrative data in 5 regions. Results: We found 365 cases fulfilling the definition for GBS or one of its variants over 19,846,068 population ≥18 years of age, yielding an annual incidence rate of 1.84 per 100,000 (95% CI 1.65-2.03), 2.30 (95% CI 1.99-2.60) in men and 1.41 (95% CI 1.18-1.64) in women. A highly significant peak of incidence was observed in February 2011 as compared to reference month (September 2011, rate ratio 3.3:1, p < 0.01). Conclusions: In Italy, GBS incidence was among the highest reported in Europe and higher than previously observed in Italian studies.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)90-99
Numero di pagine10
RivistaNeuroepidemiology
Volume45
Numero di pubblicazione2
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Epidemiologia
  • Neurologia (clinica)

Keywords

  • 80 and over
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Axonal and demyelinating GBS
  • Female
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective study
  • Trend
  • Young Adult

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