Tick paralysis in children: Electrophysiology and possibility of misdiagnosis

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1088-1090

  Vedanarayanan, V Venkataraman ^a   Evans, Owen B ^a   Subramony, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TICK BITE;

EID: 0037044239     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.7.1088     Document Type: Article

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