Acute flaccid weakness associated with enterovirus D68

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 594-595

  Helfferich, Jelte ^a   Meiners, Linda C ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN STEM; CAUDA EQUINA; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYELITIS; NEUROPATHY; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD; WEAKNESS; ENTEROVIRUS D;

ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 85013422870     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2017.02.001     Document Type: Letter

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