Guillain-Barré syndrome: what it is and why there are more cases after Covid

It is not known with certainty what is the reason for the hospitalization in Sardinia of Anatoly Chubais, former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It seems – among other hypotheses – he has serious neurological problems linked to a rare disease, the Guillain-Barré syndrome. And precisely this syndrome was the subject of an Italian study since the numbers of the rare disease, after the Covid infection, have increased a lot, so much so as not to think about chance.