| Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with acute hepatitis E infection. | |
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PMID: 22285113 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a neurological emergency that warrants prompt diagnosis and treatment. Occasionally, the clinical, laboratory and electrophysiological features are neither typical nor diagnostic. It requires a high index of suspicion and clinical judgement for early diagnosis and commencement of treatment in those scenarios. Some pathogens are potential triggers of this serious neurological disease, including: Campylobacter jejuni, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and cytomegalovirus. Although uncommon, hepatotrophic viruses (hepatitis A, B and C) are increasingly recognized to be triggering microbes. Here, we report a patient with unusual GBS triggered by an atypical microbe, hepatitis E virus, in a Chinese patient, via a common route of transmission in this locality. |
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Alan C T Tse; Raymond T F Cheung; Shu Leong Ho; Koon Ho Chan |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-26 |
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Title: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Volume: - ISSN: 1532-2653 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9433352 Medline TA: J Clin Neurosci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Medicine, Room A1, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong SAR. |
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