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Hospital discharges-based search of acute flaccid paralysis cases 2007-2016 in Italy and comparison with the National Surveillance System for monitoring the risk of polio reintroduction [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been adopted globally as a key strategy for monitoring the progress of the polio eradication initiative.
Affanni P., Amato C., Ansaldi F., Arghittu A., Bellino S., Binda S., Bonaccorsi G., Brusaferro S., Buttinelli G., Camilloni B., Capannolo B., Carraro V., Castiglia P., D'errico M.M., De Grazia S., De Stefano C., Fiore S., Foca A., Fontana S., Germinario C., Giammanco G., Grasso G.M., Larocca A., Lombardi D., Lorini C., Mancini C., Napoletano G., Pellegrinelli L., Pennino F., Russo F., Spertini S., Stefanelli P., Triassi M., Vairo F., Veronesi L., Zanella F.   +35 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
europepmc   +3 more sources

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2011
This article aims at highlighting the importance of suspecting thyrotoxicosis in cases of recurrent periodic flaccid paralysis; especially in Asian men to facilitate early diagnosis of the former condition.
Rojith Karandode Balakrishnan, Suresh Rama Chandran, Geetha Thirumalnesan, Nedumaran Doraisamy   +3 more
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Guillain-Barré syndrome: a century of progress [PDF]

, 2016
In 1916, Guillain, Barré and Strohl reported on two cases of acute flaccid paralysis with high cerebrospinal fluid protein levels and normal cell counts — novel findings that identified the disease we now know as Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS).
A Campbell, A Chiba, A Chiba, A Pestronk, A Uncini, AA Ilyas, AD Langmuir, AJ Sumner, AK Asbury, AK Asbury, AK Asbury, AM Fitzpatrick, B Parra, B van den Berg, BH Waksman, C Brechenmacher, C Fokke, C Hafer-Macko, C Linington, CE Hafer-Macko, CL Schengrund, CP O'Leary, E Díez-Tejedor, FG van der Meché, FH Geisler, G Guillain, GM McKhann, GM O'Hanlon, H Wis´niewski, HJ Willison, Hugh J. Willison, J Kaldor, J Matias-Guiu, JA Goodfellow, JC Dodge, JG McLeod, JH Rees, JJ Plomp, JM Pearce, John A. Goodfellow, JW Albers, JW Griffin, JW Prineas, K Kaida, K Susuki, KE Astrom, KM Rhodes, KN Greenshields, LB Schonberger, LD Osler, LM Araujo, LT Kurland, M Fisher, M Kadlubowski, M Vermeulen, MK White, N Shahrizaila, N Yuki, N Yuki, N Yuki, N Yuki, NA Gregson, O Landry, PA van Doorn, PO Osterman, R McGonigal, R McGonigal, R van Koningsveld, RA Hughes, RA Hughes, RJ Greenwood, RP Kleyweg, S Draganescu, S Kusunoki, S Lafontaine, S Rinaldi, S Rinaldi, S Rinaldi, SK Halstead, SK Halstead, SK Halstead, T Lasky, T Saida, TE Feasby, TE Feasby, TW Ho, TW Ho, VM Cao-Lormeau, W Wiederholt, W Yan, WE Haymaker, Y Nagai   +91 more
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Pyomyelia presenting as acute flaccid paralysis [PDF]

Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2016
We report an unusual case of a 10-month-old girl with intramedullary spinal cord abscess who presented with fever and acute flaccid paraplegia. Nerve conduction study showed demyelinating neuropathy after which she received intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. This was followed by ascending paralysis and left-sided ptosis.
Shaikh, Shakil, Joshi, Rajesh
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Acute Flaccid Paralysis and West Nile Virus Infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Acute weakness associated with West Nile virus (WNV) infection has previously been attributed to a peripheral demyelinating process (Guillain-Barré syndrome); however, the exact etiology of this acute flaccid paralysis has not been systematically ...
James J. Sejvar, A. Arturo Leis, Dobrivoje S. Stokic, Jay A. Van Gerpen, Anthony A. Marfin, Risa Webb, Maryam B. Haddad, Bruce C. Tierney, Sally A. Slavinski, Jo Lynn Polk, Victor Dostrow, Michael Winkelmann, Lyle R. Petersen   +12 more
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Genetic Variants of Echovirus 13, Northern India, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Nonpolio acute flaccid paralysis is increasing in India. To determine viral causes, we conducted cell culture and molecular analysis identification of nonpolio human enteroviruses associated with acute flaccid paralysis during March–August 2010 in ...
Harjeet Singh Maan, Rashmi Chowdhary, Akhalesh Kumar Shakya, Tapan N. Dhole   +3 more
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Polio outbreak response; Evaluation of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Karbala, Iraq

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: After the last outbreak of wild polio infection in Baghdad, April 2014, the Iraqi response to the outbreak was activated through solid surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) case detection in all governorates to interrupt the ...
Abdulkareem A Mahmood Aradhi, Laith M Hasson, Inaam M Hameed   +2 more
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Acute flaccid rhombencephalomyelitis with radiculitis in a child with an enterovirus A71 infection seen for the first time in Denmark: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Acute flaccid myelitis is a serious condition of the spinal cord. More than 80% of patients experience a mild respiratory illness or fever consistent with a viral infection prior to acute flaccid myelitis development.
Pia Jennes Foli-Andersen, Anja Munkholm, Gitte Rønde, Malene Landbo Børresen, Jens Erik Klint Nielsen, Sofie Midgley, Didi Bang   +6 more
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Role of peripheral quantitative computed tomography in identifying disuse osteoporosis in paraplegia [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: Disuse osteoporosis is a major long-term health consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) that still needs to be addressed. Its management in SCI should begin with accurate diagnosis, followed by targeted treatments in the most vulnerable ...
A Frotzler, A Frotzler, AA Freehafer, Alan N. McLean, B Chen, David B. Allan, ED Bruin de, HH Bolotin, HM Frost, J Rittweger, JL Ferretti, L Giangregorio, L Maimoun, M Bélanger, P Eser, P Eser, P Eser, P Frey-Rindova, P Vestergaard, S Dudley-Javoroski, S-D Jiang, Sylvie Coupaud, T Mohr   +22 more
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