Guillain–Barré syndrome

autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous system
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q205214
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Guillain–Barré syndrome

Summary

Guillain–Barré syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,870 views/month, #2 of 627).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[5].
  • Georges Guillain is named after Guillain–Barré syndrome[6].
  • Jean Alexandre Barré is named after Guillain–Barré syndrome[7].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome is a type of autoimmune disease of peripheral nervous system[8].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome is a type of immune disorder[9].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome is a type of rare neuroinflammatory disease[10].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome is a type of acute and subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy[11].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome is a type of disease[12].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Guillain–Barré syndrome[13].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N94[14].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as ascending paralysis[15].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's anatomical location is recorded as peripheral nervous system[16].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C116345[17].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's health specialty is recorded as neurology[18].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's genetic association is recorded as PMP22[19].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12842[20].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12842[21].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2103[22].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[23].
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[24].

Why It Matters

Guillain–Barré syndrome ranks in the top 0.32% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,870 views/month, #2 of 627).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 139 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Genetic contribution of the tumor necrosis factor region in Guillain-Barré syndrome. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anatomical location peripheral nervous system
    Instance of
    Named after Georges Guillain, Jean Alexandre Barré
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