Acute flaccid paralysis as an unusual presenting symptom of Japanese encephalitis: A case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-32

  Chung, C C ^a   Lee, S S J ^a   Chen, Y S ^a,c   Tsai, H C ^a   Wann, S R ^a   Kao, C H ^a   Liu, Y C ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACCINATION; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINES; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 33847160674     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6038-7     Document Type: Article

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