paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome characterized by isolated leg weakness, areflexia and radicular leg pain that may simulate a cauda equina or spinal cord syndrome. The arms, ocular, facial, and oropharyngeal muscles are spared, and sphincteric function is normal.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016497), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
9 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- AreflexiaHPOHP:0001284
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Impaired distal proprioceptionHPOHP:0006858
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Increased CSF/serum albumin ratioHPOHP:0025459
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PainHPOHP:0012531
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ParaparesisHPOHP:0002385
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Peripheral axonal neuropathyHPOHP:0003477
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- SciaticaHPO
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Also called
- paraparetic variant of GBS