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
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.Keywords
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