Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Etiologic Challenges, Diagnostic and Management Considerations

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Hopkins, Sarah E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid myelitis; Acute flaccid paralysis; Enterovirus; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MYELITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASMA EXCHANGE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85036610968     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: 15343138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-017-0480-3     Document Type: Review

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