A Case of Relapsing Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with Exacerbation of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Hepatitis

Elisabeth Chroni Department of Neurology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

Constantinos Thomopoulos Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

Spiridon Papapetropoulos Department of Neurology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

Christos Paschalis Department of Neurology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

Chrisoula Labropoulou Karatza Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

Abstract

A patient with two episodes of acute polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barre syndrome) that both occurred during exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B and separated by a 2-year asymptomatic interval is described. The possible causative relation between the neuropathy and the chronic hepatitis B is discussed.

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