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A case of relapsing Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B virus hepatitis

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A patient with two episodes of acute polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome) that both occurred during exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B and separated by a 2-year asymptomatic interval is described. The possible causative relation between the neuropathy and the chronic hepatitis B is discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

    Elisabeth Chroni, Spiridon Papapetropoulos & Christos Paschalis

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

    Constantinos Thomopoulos & Chrisoula Labropoulou Karatza

  3. Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Patras, P.O. Box 1045, 26500, Rion, Greece

    Elisabeth Chroni

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Chroni, E., Thomopoulos, C., Papapetropoulos, S. et al. A case of relapsing Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B virus hepatitis. Journal of NeuroVirology 9, 408–410 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1080/13550280390201731

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