Acute flaccid paralysis associated with West Nile virus: Motor and functional improvement in 4 patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1933-1938

  Marciniak, Christina ^a,b   Sorosky, Susan ^a   Hynes, Christina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelitis; Rehabilitation; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CELECOXIB; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROTOMY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILEUS; INSTRUMENT; LIMB PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMONIA; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSORY NERVE; STANDING; THIGH; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOSTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AXONS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MYELITIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 9944264994     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.038     Document Type: Article

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