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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Neurologic Disorders in Immunocompetent Patients with Autochthonous Acute Hepatitis E

H. Blasco Perrin, P. Cintas, F. Abravanel, R. Gérolami, L. d'Alteroche, J.-N. Raynal, L. Alric, E. Dupuis, L. Prudhomme, E. Vaucher, P. Couzigou, J.-M. Liversain, C. Bureau, J.-P. Vinel, N. Kamar, J. Izopet, and J.-M. Peron
Author affiliations: Hôpital Purpan–CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France (H. Blasco Perrin, P. Cintas, F. Abravanel, L. Alric, C. Bureau, J.-P. Vinel, J. Izopet, J.M. Peron); Hôpital de La Conception–CHU Marseille, Marseille, France (R. Gérolami); Hôpital Trousseau–CHU Tours, Tours, France (L. d'Alteroche); Clinique de l’Union, l’Union, France (J.-N. Raynal); Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse (E. Dupuis); CHIC Castres-Mazamet, Castres-Mazamet, France (L. Prudhomme); CH Narbonne, Narbonne, France (E. Vaucher); Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque–CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (P. Couzigou); CH Mont de Marsan, Mont de Marsan, France (J.-M. Liversain); Hôpital Ranguei–CHU Toulouse, Toulouse (L. Buscail, N. Kamar)

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Table 3

Average biological values of the 4 groups of patients with hepatitis E virus–linked neurological disorders*

Disorder Age, y (range) Sex ratio AST, IU/L (± SD) ALT, IU/L (± SD) PT, % (± SD) Bilirubin, μmol/L (± SD) ALKP, IU/L (± SD) GGT, IU/L (± SD)
MM 54 (25–77) 1 150 (± 200)† 835 (± 1,396) 92.8 (± 7.5) 25.6 (± 32) 328.5 (± 198) 166.2 (± 95)†
PTS 55 (51–56) 6 740.7 (± 503) 1,401.25 (± 647) 94.5 (± 4.9) 22.2 (± 13) 355 (± 211) 476.5 (± 245)
MR 54 (33–74) 2 687.7 (± 915) 544.67 (±288) 91.3 (± 13.3) 38.9 (± 54) 358.67 (± 305) 248.3 (± 253)
AIDP 57 (54–60) 1 75 (± 54) 216 (± 236) 97 (± 4) 20.6 (± 19) 281 (± 272) 415 (± 519)

*AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; PT, prothrombin time; ALKP, alkaline phosphatase; GGT, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; MM, mononeuritis multiplex; PTS, Parsonage-Turner syndrome; MR, meningoradiculitis; AIDP, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.
†p<0.05 when compared with PTS.

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