Recognition and Management of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-21

  Nelson, Gary R ^a   Bonkowsky, Joshua L ^a   Doll, Elizabeth ^a   Green, Michael ^a   Hedlund, Gary L ^a,b   Moore, Kevin R ^a,b   Bale, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

enterovirus; flaccid paralysis; Guillain Barr syndrome; myelitis; poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEAKNESS; ACUTE DISEASE; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARALYSIS;

EID: 84949032544     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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