Guillain-Barré syndrome following hepatitis B vaccination.

نویسندگان

  • M Khamaisi
  • Y Shoenfeld
  • H Orbach
چکیده

A 52-year-old woman developed Guillain-Barré syndrome 10 weeks after immunization with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. Common infectious causes of GBS were ruled out. The temporal relationship between GBS and hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination was suggestive of a vaccine-induced cause. The possible mechanisms of this very, rare complication are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical and experimental rheumatology

دوره 22 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004