A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Tick Paralysis in the United States and Australia

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 874-883

  Diaz, James H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; ascending; Envenoming; neuromuscular; neurotoxic; Paralysis; Poisoning; tick; ticks; Ticks tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BOTULISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IXODIDAE; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLYNEUROPATHY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRINGOMYELIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TICK; TICK BITES; TICK PARALYSIS; TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TICK BITES; TICK PARALYSIS; TICKS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946482148     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2015.1085999     Document Type: Article

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