Outcome of paediatric acute flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68: a case series

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 376-380

  Kirolos, Amir ^a   Mark, Kate ^a   Shetty, Jay ^b,c   Chinchankar, Nandita ^b   Mcdougall, Catherine ^b   Eunson, Paul ^b   Stevenson, Janet ^a   Templeton, Kate ^c,d   Pilley, Elizabeth ^e   Waugh, Catriona ^e   McWilliam, Kenneth ^e   McPherson, Jacqueline ^e   Quigley, Alan ^e  

^a National Health Service   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTLAND;

EID: 85056283045     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14096     Document Type: Article

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