Guillain-Barré syndrome following hepatitis B vaccination.
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.
Khamaisi
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M
Department of Internal Medicine B and the Diabetes Center, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. mogher@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Shoenfeld
Y
Y
Orbach
H
H
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*
C075654:Engerix-B; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic