English Explanatory Dictionary

Miller Fisher syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, manifesting as a descending paralysis that proceeds in the reverse order and usually affects the eye muscles first.

Word forms

Miller Fisher syndrome

Etymology

Named after Canadian neurologist C. Miller Fisher, who described it in 1956.

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