HEPATITIS-C ASSOCIATED WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME

Hepatitis C is frequently associated with immune-mediated diseases, su ch as cryoglobulinemia. Guillain-Barre syndrome is an acute demyelinat ing neuropathy of probable immune pathogenesis. We describe two patien ts with Guillain-Barre syndrome, and associated chronic hepatitis C, t he second one previously treated with interferon. The link between bot h conditions may be hepatitis C being the trigger of this immune polyn europathy. Guillain-Barre syndrome should be added to the list of cond itions associated with hepatitis C.