Acute flaccid myelitis: A clinical review of US cases 2012–2015

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 326-338

  Messacar, Kevin ^a   Schreiner, Teri L ^a   Van Haren, Keith ^b   Yang, Michele ^a   Glaser, Carol A ^c   Tyler, Kenneth L ^d   Dominguez, Samuel R ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS D; ENTEROVIRUS D 68; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84985987025     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24730     Document Type: Review

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