West Nile Poliomyelitis in a 7-Year-Old Child

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 350-354

  Hainline, Margaret L ^a   Kincaid, John C ^a   Carpenter, Denise L ^a   Golomb, Meredith R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLIOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WALKING AID; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE POLIOMYELITIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 53449088017     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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