Acute upper extremity flaccid paralysis in a 5 year old child secondary to enterovirus infection - 28/09/17
Doi : 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.064
Upma Suneja a, ⁎ 
, Carlos Castillo b, Abiezer Disla b, Cihangir Buyukgoz b, Liliana Burdea b, Yekaterina Sitnitskaya b, Samuel Agyare b, Menachem Gold b, Sergey Prokhorov b
, Carlos Castillo b, Abiezer Disla b, Cihangir Buyukgoz b, Liliana Burdea b, Yekaterina Sitnitskaya b, Samuel Agyare b, Menachem Gold b, Sergey Prokhorov b a Children Hospital at OU Medical Center, Oklahoma, United States
b Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States
⁎Corresponding author at: Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, Children Hospital at OU Medical Center, Oklahoma, United States.Pediatric Gastroenterology FellowChildren Hospital at OU Medical CenterOklahomaUnited States
Abstract |
The incidence of acute flaccid paralysis has been on a declining trend with the global efforts on eradication of polio virus. A few scattered clusters of acute flaccid paralysis associated with pathogens like enterovirus other than polio virus and flaviviruses have recently come to limelight. This is a case of acute onset flaccid paralysis of left upper extremity in a fully immunized 5 year old child in New York.
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Vol 35 - N° 10
P. 1586.e1-1586.e2 - octobre 2017 Retour au numéro
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