title: Seventh cranial nerve paralysis with myokymia during acute co-infection with hepatitis B and delta viruses.
abstract: A patient with peripheral cranial nerve paresis and bilateral myokymia is described during the course of acute co-infection with hepatitis B and delta viruses. Specific circulating hepatitis B immune complexes were found by electron microscopy concomitantly with the neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Second Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cargnel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davoli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vigano
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Caccia
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tovey
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005207:Fasciculation / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex