Neurotoxin-induced paralysis: A case of tick paralysis in a 2-year-old child

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 605-607

  Taraschenko, Olga D ^a   Powers, Karen M ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ascending paralysis; botulism; dermacentor variabilis; Guillain Barr syndrome; neuromuscular; tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIC GAIT; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; LETHARGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; TENDON REFLEX; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL; DERMACENTOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TICK PARALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMACENTOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 84901191366     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.01.041     Document Type: Article

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