Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with autochthonous infection by hepatitis E virus subgenotype 3c

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-173

  Scharn, N ^a   Ganzenmueller, T ^a   Wenzel, J J ^b   Dengler, R ^a   Heim, A ^a   Wegner, F ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Hepatitis E virus; Subgenotype 3c

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS SUBGENOTYPE 3C; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VELOCITY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; FECES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84898548413     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0448-5     Document Type: Article

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