Prognosis of West Nile virus associated acute flaccid paralysis: A case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Johnstone, Jennie ^a,b   Hanna, Steven E ^a   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^c   Drebot, Michael A ^d   Neupane, Binod ^a   Mahony, James B ^a,b   Loeb, Mark B ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; REHYDRATION; STIFF NECK; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS;

EID: 80051792419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-395     Document Type: Article

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