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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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Acute flaccid paralysis and seizure induced pneumothorax can accompany Japanese encephalitis

Journal of the Scientific Society, 2016
A 14-year-old boy from Southern parts of West Bengal, India presented in a Tertiary Care Hospital of West Bengal with high-grade fever and acute flaccid paralysis, later proved to be a case of Japanese encephalitis.
Sugata Dasgupta, Arunima Chaudhuri, Pritam Biswas, Saibal Si   +3 more
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Vaccineassociated paralytic poliomyelitis and acute flaccid paralysis on some territories of Russia during 20 years

Журнал инфектологии, 2019
Aim: Analysis of the morbidity of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis and acute flaccid paralysis and the results of virological investigation of the patients on 14 territories of the Russian Federation in 1998-2017.
N. I. Romanenkova, N. R. Rozaeva, M. A. Bichurina, O. I. Kanaeva, I. G. Chkhyndzheriya   +4 more
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Impact of Focal Muscle Vibration on Flaccid Upper Limb Motor Paralysis following Acute Brain Disease: A Case Study

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Focal muscle vibration (FMV) is increasingly being recognized as a rehabilitative therapy for enhancing motor function in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, particularly in patients with fine motor control deficits stemming from CNS damage.
Hirotaka Saito, Haruka Kobayashi, Kodai Oba, Yosuke Hamaya   +3 more
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An increase in reports of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2018-21 January 2019: early findings [PDF]

, 2019
During 2018, the United Kingdom experienced an increase in reports of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). As at 21 January 2019, 40 cases had been identified with a peak in October 2018.
The United Kingdom Acute Flaccid Paralysis Afp Task Force,
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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, Huu Son Nguyen, Nguyen Loi Vo-Van   +2 more
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Acute flaccid paralysis: A call for clinical vigilance. [PDF]

Paediatr Child Health
Salem N, Grudeski E, Booth TF, Bhagat D, Salvadori MI.   +4 more
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Role of Toxoplasmosis in Acute Flaccid Paralysis among Children [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2012
Background and study aim: With the eradication of poliomyelitis, GuillainBarré syndrome (GBS) is the most common cause of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) in children.
Zeinab Al-Darawany, Taghrid Abdallah, Talaat Fathy, Sara Abdel-Rahman, Ashraf Salah, Rashad Lasheen   +5 more
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Aetiology, Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Patients Presenting with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in a Tertiary Care Hospital

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, Khairunnisa Mukhtiar, Fozia Baloch, Nazia Iqbal, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Prem Chand   +5 more
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Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis with Thyroid Storm as the First Presentation of Graves’ disease; a Case Report

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, Swapnil Tripathi, Pankaj Sukhadiya, Kamlesh Ahari, Durga Shankar Meena, Mahendra Kumar Garg   +5 more
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