A rare case of acute hepatitis B virus infection causing Guillain-Barré SYNDROME

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-123

  Yimam, Kidist K ^a   Merriman, Raphael B ^b   Frederick, R Todd ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY HOSPITAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LACERATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NAUSEA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REHABILITATION CENTER; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING; WALKING;

EID: 84878449732     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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