Acute hepatitis E complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome in Portugal, December 2012 - A case report

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 34, 2013, Pages

  Santos, L ^a   Mesquita, J R ^a,b   Rocha Pereira, N ^a   Lima Alves, C ^a   Serrao R ^a   Figueiredo, P ^a   Reis, J ^a   Simoes J ^c   Nascimento, M S ^a   Sarmento, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; JAUNDICE; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEROLOGY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 84883047915     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.34.20563     Document Type: Article

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