Reply to: “Association of hepatitis E virus infection and myasthenia gravis: A pilot study”

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been associated with several extrahepatic, neurological manifestations.1,2 The associated neurological syndromes are most frequently subacute, post-infectious peripheral nervous system diseases including neuralgic amyotrophy and Guillain-Barre syndrome. In addition, infectious involvement of the central nervous system (HEV encephalitis) has been reported. When the genotype has been determined, neurological injury has almost exclusively been associated with HEV genotype 3 (HEV gt3), but case reports come from both developed and developing countries suggesting that HEV-associated neurological damage is not genotype-specific.
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research