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Case report: Seventh cranial nerve paralysis with myokymia during acute co‐infection with hepatitis B and delta viruses
Author(s) -
Cargnel A.,
Davoli C.,
Vigano P.,
Caccia M. R.,
Zanetti A. R.,
Tovey G.,
Ellis D. S.,
Zuckerman A. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890250215
Subject(s) - myokymia , paresis , medicine , virology , paralysis , surgery , electromyography , psychiatry
A patient with peripheral cranial nerve paresis and bilateral myokymia is described during the course of acute co‐infection with hepatitis B and delta viruses. Specific circulating hepatitis B immune complexes were found by electron microscopy concomitantly with the neurological symptoms.