MENTAL NERVE NEUROPATHY AS A RESULT OF HEPATITIS-B VACCINATION

Authors
MAILLEFERT JF FARGE P GAZETMAILLEFERT MP TAVERNIER C
Citation
Jf. Maillefert et al., MENTAL NERVE NEUROPATHY AS A RESULT OF HEPATITIS-B VACCINATION, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 83(6), 1997, pp. 663-664
Citations number
7
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
83
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
663 - 664
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1997)83:6<663:MNNAAR>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We describe a 20-year-old woman who presented with polyarthralgia and sensory neuropathy, including mental nerve neuropathy. The symptoms we re attributed to hepatitis B vaccination. This unusual cause of mental nerve neuropathy has not been previously described. However, as the u se of hepatitis B vaccination is growing, adverse side effects, includ ing mental nerve neuropathy, should be observed with an increased freq uency.