Seventh cranial nerve paralysis with myokymia during acute co-infection with hepatitis B and delta viruses.
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.
Cargnel
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A
Second Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Davoli
C
C
Vigano
P
P
Caccia
M R
MR
Zanetti
A R
AR
Tovey
G
G
Ellis
D S
DS
Zuckerman
A J
AJ
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
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex