Coxsackievirus B1 resulting acute flaccid myelitis with entire spinal cord lesion: a case report
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DOI: 10.1007/s10072-018-3607-8
Abstract: Dear Editor, Coxsackievirus is a ribonucleic acid virus belonging to the Picornaviridae family and the Enterovirus genus. It can be identified through a diagnostic real-time polymerase chain reaction. So far, more than 20 serotypes in… read more here.
Keywords: flaccid; flaccid myelitis; acute flaccid; spinal cord ... See more keywords
170. Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Patient Characteristics and Prospective Follow-up Study at Children’s National Hospital, 2013–2019
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.480
Abstract: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), diagnosed almost exclusively in children, is characterized by sudden onset flaccid weakness in one or more extremities with distinct gray matter spinal cord lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with or… read more here.
Keywords: national hospital; acute flaccid; identified patients; flaccid ... See more keywords
Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus D68: A Review
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DOI: 10.1177/0883073819838376
Abstract: Acute flaccid myelitis is a disease that affects the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, leading to rapid onset of flaccid paralysis. Recent biennial epidemics, beginning in the summer of 2014, have been associated… read more here.
Keywords: acute flaccid; enterovirus d68; associated enterovirus; flaccid ... See more keywords
Thyrotoxic Neuropathy: A rare cause of acute flaccid paraplegia.
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DOI: 10.18295/squmj.2017.17.04.014
Abstract: Acute polyneuropathy is a rare manifestation of severe hyperthyroidism. We report a 22-year-old Omani male who presented to the Sohar Hospital, Sohar, Oman, in 2016 with acute-onset rapidly progressive flaccid areflexic paraplegia as the presenting… read more here.
Keywords: neuropathy rare; acute; flaccid; paraplegia ... See more keywords