Hepatitis C associated with Guillain‐Barré syndrome
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Liver International
- Vol. 18 (1), 49-51
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00126.x
Abstract
Hepatitis C is frequently associated with immune-mediated diseases, such as cryoglobulinemia. Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute demyelinating neuropathy of probable immune pathogenesis. We describe two patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome, and associated chronic hepatitis C, the second one previously treated with interferon. The link between both conditions may be hepatitis C being the trigger of this immune polyneuropathy. Guillain-Barré syndrome should be added to the list of conditions associated with hepatitis C.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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