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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar;180(1):255-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11845-010-0635-7. Epub 2010 Nov 10.

Anti-glycolipid GM2-positive Guillain-Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection

S Cronin  1 , R McNicholas, E Kavanagh, V Reid, K O'Rourke
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Anti-glycolipid GM2-positive Guillain-Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection

S Cronin et al. Ir J Med Sci. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis E infection is most prevalent in developing countries with poor sanitation, but can also occur apparently sporadically in more developed areas.

Case: We here report a second European case of Guillain-Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection in association with anti-glycolipid GM2 antibody.

Interpretation: This is likely to be a specific association involving molecular mimicry, and further European cases can therefore be expected.

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