Clinical spectrum of muscle weakness in human West Nile virus infection

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 302-308

  Leis, A Arturo ^a   Stokic, Dobrivoje S ^a   Webb, Risa M ^b   Slavinski, Sally A ^b   Fratkin, Jonathan ^c  

^a METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b Mississippi State Department of Health   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Muscle; Paralysis; Poliomyelitis; Weakness; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT CODING; POLIOMYELITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLIOMYELITIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0042433057     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10440     Document Type: Article

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