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Disseminated inflammation of the central nervous system associated with acute hepatitis E: a case report.
BMC neurology - 27 Oct 2020
Rahmig Jan, Grey Arne, Berning Marco, Schaefer Jochen, Lesser Martin, Reichmann Heinz, Puetz Volker, Barlinn Kristian, Siepmann Timo
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E infection affects over 20 million people worldwide. Reports of neurological manifestations are largely limited to the peripheral nervous system. We report a middle-aged genotype 3c male patient with acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection and severe neurological deficits with evidence of multiple disseminated inflammatory lesions of the central nervous system. CASE PRESENTATION: A...
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