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A Case With Detailed Electrophysiological and Immunological Studies

Joseph R. Berger, MD; D. Ram Ayyar, MD; William A. Sheremata, MD

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(6):366-368.

Abstract
• A 61-year-old man was seen for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) complicating acute type B hepatitis. Results of detailed electrophysiological studies were characteristic of a severe peripheral neuropathy of the segmental demyelinating type. Immunological studies demonstrated cell-mediated sensitization to peripheral nerve basic protein. Twenty-six cases of GBS complicating viral hepatitis were analyzed for age, sex, temporal relationship of the onset of the hepatitis to that of the polyneuritis, and outcome.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 13, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology (D4-5), University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101 (Dr Berger).

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