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Acute-onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following hepatitis A virus infection

Eui Sung Jung1, Ye Sel Kim2, Ju-Hong Min2, Kyusik Kang1, Jung Ju Lee1, Jong-Moo Park1, Byung-Kun Kim1, Ohyun Kwon1
Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology 2017;19(1):50-53.
Published online: January 26, 2017
1Department of Neurology, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
Corresponding author:  Ohyun Kwon, Tel: +82-2-970-8312, Fax: +82-2-974-7785, 
Email: koh1407@eulji.ac.kr
Received: 25 March 2016   • Revised: 13 July 2016   • Accepted: 19 July 2016
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An infection is less likely to elicit chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) than Guillain-Barré syndrome. We here report a case of acute-onset CIDP following hepatitis A virus infection and briefly comment on the potential mechanisms regarding the induction and chronicity of autoimmunity after a viral infection.

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