A 60-year meta-analysis of tick paralysis in the United States: A predictable, preventable, and often misdiagnosed poisoning

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Diaz, James Henry ^a  

^a LSU School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods, ticks; Paralysis, tick, neuromuscular, ascending; Poisoning, biological, neurotoxic; Tick, tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK BITE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TICK PARALYSIS; TICKS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77951939110     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-010-0028-3     Document Type: Article

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