title: Lumbosacral acute demyelinating polyneuropathy following hepatitis B vaccination.
abstract: We report a patient who presented with an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, that followed the second injection of a hepatitis B vaccination, and characterized by motor and sensory deficit restricted to lower limbs and perineum, and persistent bladder dysfunction. The relationship between the preceding event and neurological disease is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. creange@univ-paris12.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Créange
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Temam
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lefaucheur
mesh_terms: D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines