Acute flaccid weakness with myelopathy and peripheral nerve involvement in 2 children: Recent characterization of a previously observed phenomenon

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 948-952

  Olive, Gemma ^a   Clarke, Antonia ^b   Doerholt, Katja ^b   Gowda, Vasantha ^a   Siddiqui, Atta ^c   Lim, Ming J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid weakness; Infectious etiology; Myelopathy; Peripheral nerve disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIURESIS; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS 71; FACE ASYMMETRY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTUBATION; LETHARGY; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MYELITIS; NECK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKILL; SUBTHALAMUS; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VOMITING; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROIMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84979080302     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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