title: Guillain-Barré syndrome following hepatitis B vaccination.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine B and the Diabetes Center, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. mogher@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khamaisi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoenfeld
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orbach
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: C075654:Engerix-B; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic