Unusual case of west nile virus flaccid paralysis in a 10-year-old child

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-396

  Thabet, Farouq I ^a   Servinsky, Sarah E ^a   Naz, Fareeha ^a   Kovas, Teresa E ^a   Raghib, Timur O ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VENTRAL ROOT; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84876226938     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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