Neuromuscular disorders · Physiology

Which neuromuscular disorder presents with ascending paralysis?

  1. Myasthenia gravis with fatigable weakness
  2. Guillain-Barré syndrome
  3. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
  4. Poliomyelitis of the anterior horn
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Correct answer: Guillain-Barré syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome typically presents with ascending paralysis caused by immune-mediated demyelination of peripheral nerves.

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