Classicamente a hepatite viral está associada ao vírus dahepatite A, B ou C, podendo ser também causada por outrosvírus. Apesar de não ser endémica em Portugal, reporta-seo caso esporádico de uma doente com hepatite aguda, cujodiagnóstico se confirmou hepatite E. Os autores chamam aatenção para uma causa rara de hepatite, devendo ser umdiagnóstico a considerar após exclusão de causas mais frequentes.
The authors report three cases of Landry-Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome successfully treated by plasma exchange--the only cases in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul. The authors go through a brief literature revision and discuss more thoroughly the plasma exchange procedure, establishing criteria for its indication.
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