Jean Alexandre Barré

Jean Alexandre Barré (May 25, 1880 ? April 26, 1967), French neurologist, worked in 1916 on the identification of the Guillain-Barré syndrome.

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He is also credited with the Barré test, which may identify "pyramidal drift". This test is performed by making the patient stretch out his hands with the palms to the top, and requesting him to close his eyes. If one hand drops involuntarily, the test indicates damage to the pyramidal tract.

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Neurologist: A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders. Pediatric neurologists treat neurological disease in children....

Guillain-Barré syndrome: Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i.e. not the brain or spinal cord). It is also called acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis, acute idiopathic polyneuritis, French P...

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