Clinical and electrophysiologic patterns of flaccid paralysis due to West Nile virus

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1245-1248

  Flaherty, Matthew L ^b,c   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a,b   Stevens, J Clarke ^b   Daube, Jasper R ^b   Chenworth, Eric C ^b   Helou, Emelie F ^b   Sohail, Muhammad R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0141748426     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.10.1245     Document Type: Article

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