Anti-glycolipid GM2-positive Guillain-Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection.
BACKGROUND
Hepatitis E infection is most prevalent in developing countries with poor sanitation, but can also occur apparently sporadically in more developed areas.


METHODS
We here report a second European case of Guillain-Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection in association with anti-glycolipid GM2 antibody.


CONCLUSIONS
This is likely to be a specific association involving molecular mimicry, and further European cases can therefore be expected.
Dublin Neurological Institute, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
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Cronin
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McNicholas
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Kavanagh
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Reid
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O'Rourke
D000328:Adult; D005678:G(M2) Ganglioside / Q000276:immunology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
D005678:G(M2) Ganglioside