Electrodiagnostic findings in acute flaccid myelitis related to enterovirus D68

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 909-910

  Hovden, Inger Anette Hynås ^a   Pfeiffer, Helle Cecilie Viekilde ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS D68; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELITIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; ENTEROVIRUS D; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA;

EID: 84943201739     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24738     Document Type: Article

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