TY - JOUR T1 - Hepatitis E virus and neurological disorders JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 282 LP - 288 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001588 VL - 17 IS - 4 AU - Brendan N Mclean AU - James Gulliver AU - Harry R Dalton Y1 - 2017/08/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/17/4/282.abstract N2 - Hepatitis E is the most common cause of hepatitis worldwide. While originally considered a disease of developing countries, it is increasingly recognised in developed countries, probably related to contaminated pork meat, and where infection is often asymptomatic. However, several non-liver manifestations have become apparent, the most important of which are neurological, including Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP)), neuralgic amyotrophy and meningoencephalitis. We recommend testing all patients with AIDP and neuralgic amyotrophy for hepatitis E and consider testing any patient with an unexplained neurological illness and abnormal liver function tests for the virus. ER -