Guillain-Barré syndrome following hepatitis B vaccination
Khamaisi, M.; Shoenfeld, Y.; Orbach, H.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 22(6): 767-770
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0392-856X PMID: 15638054 Document Number: 571302
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.