| Autor: |
Sanders, E., Peters, A., Gratana, J., Hughes, R. |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of Neurology; 1987, Vol. 234 Issue 6, p437-439, 3p |
| Abstrakt: |
Two patients developed Guillain-Barré syndrome after varicella-zoster infection; a 4-year-old boy after chickenpox and a 74-year-old man after shingles. Both had decreased CD8-positive lymphocytes in the blood during the course of their illness. These cases and others reported in the literature suggest that varicella-zoster infection is a significant but rare trigger factor of Guillain-Barré syndrome. An alteration in the balance of helper and suppressor lymphocytes may be an important pathogenetic mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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