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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2019 Sep 20;37(44):6760–6767. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.087

Table 5.

Selected clinical findings of Hereditary Neuropathy with liability to Pressure Palsy (HNPP) patients reported in VAERS following Adenovirus Type4 and Type 7 Vaccine, Live, Oral, October 2011 through July 2018.

Case/
Year
Age
(Yr)
Sex
Recent
History of
Illness
Vaccines Onset after
Adenovirus
vaccination (days)
Diminished
DTR
CSF EMG and NCS Treatment Genetic testing Diagnosis
1 2016 20M None Adeno Hep A IIV IPV MCV4 Tdap Varicella 7 Normal Not done Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy on nerve conduction study IVIG for presumed GBS Positive for PMP22 gene deletion HNPP
2 2016 17M None Hep B IIV Tdap MCV4 Tdap Adeno 8 Not done Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy on nerve conduction study 6 day steroid course initially Positive for PMP22 gene deletion HNPP
3 2016 19F URTI Adeno Hep A IIV IPV MCV4 MMR Tdap Varicella 4 Not done Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy on nerve conduction study IVIG for presumed GBS Positive for PMP22 gene deletion HNPP

Abbreviations used in this table: Yr = year, DTR = deep tendon reflexes, CSF = cerebrospinal fluid, EMG and NCS = electromyogram and nerve conduction study, M = male, F = female, Adeno = adenovirus vaccine, Hep A = hepatitis A vaccine, IIV = inactivated influenza vaccine, IPV = inactivated poliovirus vaccine, MCV4 = meningococcal conjugate vaccine, Tdap = tetanus diphtheria attenuated pertussis vaccine, IVIG = intravenous immunoglobulin, GBS = Guillain Barré syndrome, PMP22 = peripheral myelin protein 22, HNPP = hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy, Hep B = hepatitis B vaccine, √ = diminished DTRs, URTI = upper respiratory tract infection, MMR = measles mumps and rubella vaccine.