Tick paralysis: Atypical presentation, unusual location

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 677-680

  Daugherty, Reza J ^a,d   Posner, Jill C ^a   Henretig, Fred M ^a,b   McHugh, Lisa A ^c   Tan, Christina G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Poison Control Center   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulbar dysfunction; Guillain Barr syndrome; Tick; Tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RARE DISEASE; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMACENTOR; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 27144512115     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000181414.18612.24     Document Type: Article

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