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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018 In respond to acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in association with Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infection, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control began to screen EV-D68 infection among each AFP patient since July 2015 and detected the first case in August 2016 ...
Hsin-Yi Wei +4 more
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Clinical profile of acute flaccid paralysis
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2016 Background and Aim: As a part of the Global Polio Eradication Program by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1988), surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) was an important public health activity in many countries.
Naveed Mohsin, Ravouf Asimi
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Hypermagnesemia Complicated by Acute Flaccid Paralysis, Case Report. [PDF]
Int Med Case Rep JHypermagnesemia is a rare electrolyte abnormality observed in the clinical setting. Patients with this condition can present with a variety of symptoms, depending on the level of serum magnesium. Hypermagnesemia is rarely complicated by weakness of the extremities.
Mulisa MD +6 more
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Neurogenic shock due to transverse myelitis with Landry’s acute flaccid paralysis in a child [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2022 Neurogenic shock is a life-threatening condition mostly associated with cervical and high thoracic spine injury, whereas transverse myelitis leading to neurogenic shock is extremely rare.
Kiem Hao Tran +2 more
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Hypokalemia with Recurrent Flaccid Paralysis
Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2022 Acute flaccid paralysis is a condition which is attributable to many etiologies. When a patient presents with recurrent acute flaccid paralysis, hypokalemic or hyerkalemic periodic paralysis should be considered especially if similar symptoms are seen in
Poornima Tadkal +3 more
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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2004 Poliomyelitis is an acute viral infection caused by RNA virus. It is primarily an infection of the human alimentary tract but the virus may infect the central nervous system in a very small percentage (1%) of cases resulting in varying degrees of paralysis, and possibly death [1].
Sunil, Agrawal, Harinder, Singh
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023 Objective: To determine the aetiology, clinical presentation and outcome of patients presenting with acute flaccid paralysis. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Qurat ul Ain Khalid +5 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021 Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a rare endocrine emergency that manifests as acute onset muscle weakness and hypokalaemia secondary to thyrotoxicosis. It mainly occurs due to rapid and dramatic intracellular shift of potassium resulting in hypokalaemia ...
Tejaswee Banavathu +5 more
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GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019 Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) is a syndrome characterized by a diffuse, acute muscular weakness that develops with hypotonia and deep or abolished hypoactive reflexes. Literature review of the last five years in the databases Pubmed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science. Data were collected from epidemiological studies using the keywords.
Anna Julia Lacerda Raposo +7 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis presenting as acute flaccid paralysis: A case report
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020 Cryptococcus is a cosmopolitan fungus with tropism for the nervous system and a higher prevalence of infection in immunosuppressed patients. Neurological compromise caused by this microorganism mainly debuts as a meningeal syndrome (headache, fever, neck
Vanessa Correa-Forero +3 more
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