Acute flaccid myelitis—Clustering of polio-like illness in the tertiary care centre in Southern India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 309-314

  Sarmast, Syed N ^a   Gowda, Vykuntaraju K ^a   Ahmed, Maaz ^a   Basvaraja, G V ^a   Saini, Jitender ^b   Benakappa, Asha ^a,c  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c South Hospital Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid myelitis; Acute flaccid paralysis; Guillain Barre syndrome; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; INDIA; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARALYSIS; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85063043477     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmy052     Document Type: Article

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