Recovery and prognosticators of paralysis in West Nile virus infection

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Cao, Nancy Jingyang ^a   Ranganathan, Chakpapani ^b   Kupsky, William J ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Macomb County Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Autopsy; Motor unit number estimation; Muscle biopsy; Recovery; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ENDING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 24044527902     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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