Pathological Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings in Patients With Neuralgic Amyotrophy and Acute Hepatitis E Virus Infection

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.38247

Fritz, Miriam ; Berger, Benjamin ; Schemmerer, Mathias

; Endres, Dominique ; Wenzel, Jürgen J.

; Stich, Oliver ; Panning, Marcus

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Abstract

There is growing evidence that hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can present with extrahepatic manifestations including neurological disorders. Among these, neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) has been reported to occur in some industrialized countries. We investigated 35 patients with NA and a control group for markers of HEV infection. Acute HEV infection was found in NA patients only and was associated ...