Clinical Subpopulations in a Sample of North American Children Diagnosed with Acute Flaccid Myelitis, 2012-2016

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 134-139

  Elrick, Matthew J ^a   Gordon Lipkin, Eliza ^b   Crawford, Thomas O ^a   Van Haren, Keith ^c   Messacar, Kevin ^d   Thornton, Nicole ^e   Dee, Elizabeth ^e   Voskertchian, Annie ^a   Nance, Jessica R ^a   Muñoz, Laura S ^a   Gorman, Mark P ^f   Benson, Leslie A ^f   Thomas, David L ^a   Pardo, Carlos A ^a   Milstone, Aaron M ^a,e   Duggal, Priya ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; NORTH AMERICAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WEAKNESS; ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85057810822     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4890     Document Type: Review

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