A six-year-old girl with tick paralysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 90-94

  Felz, Michael W ^a   Smith, Carrie Davis ^a   Swift, Thomas R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 0034642589     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200001133420204     Document Type: Article

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