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Sent to March 03, 2006 2:57 p.m.

I work in an Assisted Living facility, and have a resident who has Guillan Barre Syndrome. Could this condition possibly be related to her severe short term memory loss?

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March 03, 2006 3:02 p.m. (5 minutes and 33 seconds later)

This condition is not related with short term memory loss. This is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system.

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