Guillain-Barré syndrome following hepatitis B vaccination has been reported. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Guillain-Barré syndrome following hepatitis B vaccination.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2004 Nov-Dec;22(6):767-70. PMID: 15638054
Department of Internal Medicine B and the Diabetes Center, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. [email protected]
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.