Acute flaccid myelitis and enterovirus D68: lessons from the past and present

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1305-1315

  Helfferich, Jelte ^a   Knoester, Marjolein ^a   Van Leer Buter, Coretta C ^a   Neuteboom, Rinze F ^b   Meiners, Linda C ^a   Niesters, Hubert G ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid myelitis; Acute flaccid paralysis; Enterovirus; Enterovirus D68; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR HORN CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS D68; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MYELITIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPLICATION; ENTEROVIRUS D; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; GLOBAL HEALTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MYELITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85070732472     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-019-03435-3     Document Type: Review

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