GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE HEV HEPATITIS
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) otherwise known as Acute Inflammatory Polyneuritis, characterized by acute progressive limb weakness and aretlexia, is the prototype of a post infectious autoimmune disease. Two-thirds of the cases of GBS emerge from viral or bacterial infection. In August 2006, a 20 ye...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ibrahim Medical College
2008-01-01
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| Series: | IMC Journal of Medical Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.imcjms.com/registration/journal_full_text/113 |
| Summary: | Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) otherwise known as Acute Inflammatory Polyneuritis, characterized by acute progressive limb weakness and aretlexia, is the prototype of a post infectious autoimmune disease. Two-thirds of the cases of GBS emerge from viral or bacterial infection. In August 2006, a 20 year old man presented at ICU, BIRDEM Hospital with a history of brief icteric illness followed by progressive bilateral symmetrical hypotonic aretlexic muscular weakness, bilateral infra-nuclear facial palsy and bulbar weakness. Later on, he was diagnosed as a case of GBS and acute hepatitis E. Up till now, only three cases of GBS associated with hepatitis E have been reported in the medical literature world wide. This is probably the 4th case to be reported.
Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2008; 2(1): 32-34 |
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| ISSN: | 2519-1721 2519-1586 |