Acute infantile weakness: A case of vaccine-associated poliomyelitis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 747-749

  David, William S ^a   Doyle, John J ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; floppy infant; hypotonia; poliomyelitis; vaccine associated poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLIOMYELITIS; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES;

EID: 0030976727     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199706)20:6<747::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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