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Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Disease in an Elderly Patient with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with R-CHOP Therapy: A Case Report

Balkan Medical Journal, 2019
Background: West Nile virus is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) and emerging cause of significant illness in European and Mediterranean countries.
Barış Arslan, Hasan Murat Gündüz, Nurdan Ünlü, Gökhan Çavuş, Dilek Menemenlioğlu   +4 more
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“Owl’s Eye” Sign in Acute Flaccid Paralysis [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2019
A 4-year-old boy presented with asymmetric acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) of his right arm and both legs. He was alert with no oculobulbar weakness or incontinence. He had fever and diarrhea 5 days earlier. He was fully immunized with no travel history.
Joy Zhuo, Ding, Hugh J, McMillan
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Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in the Marches region (Italy): 1997–2007 [PDF]

, 2008
Background The last case of poliomyelitis due to transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus occurred in Italy in 1982, however, it is important to guarantee a high quality surveillance as there is a risk of importation of cases from areas where polio is ...
Elisabetta Esposto, Emilia Prospero, Federica Scaccia, Luana Tantucci, Marcello M D'Errico, null null, Pamela Barbadoro, Sonia Bacelli, Vania Moroni   +8 more
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Clinical and biochemical features of hypokalemic paralysis: a study from rural Eastern India

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2023
Key Message Hypokalemic paralysis is an important differential diagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis that rapidly recovers with treatment. Most of the cases are primary, usually a calcium channel disorder (Type I) or very rarely a sodium channel disorder (
Hilal Ahmad Ganie, Waseem Raja Dar, Annada Prasad Bhattacharya, Arjimand Yaqoob   +3 more
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Intratypic differentiation of polioviruses isolated from suspected cases of poliomyelitis in Brazil during the period of 1990 to 1993

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1994
This study analyzed 3129 fecal samples derived from 1626 patients with sudden onset acute flaccid paralysis clinically compatible with poliomyelitis. The samples were collected in the period ranging from January 1990 to September 1993 in all regions of ...
A. M. B. de Filippis, H. G. Schatzmayr, F. C. Ferreira, S. A. R. Chagas, M. C. Costa, A. P. Santos, E. E. da Silva   +6 more
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Acute flaccid paralysis in Australian children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2003
Objectives:  To describe the epidemiology and causes of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Australian children, and the clinical features of the two most common causes of AFP, Guillain−Barré syndrome and transverse myelitis.Methods:  Monthly active surveillance for AFP was carried out through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, with AFP defined ...
Morris, A. M.S., Elliott, E. J., D'Souza, R. M., Antony, J., Kennett, M., Longbottom, H.   +5 more
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Pathology of "landry-guillain-barré syndrome" in children, prevailing in the regions surrounding the Inland Sea of Japan [PDF]

, 1956
Histopathological investigations were carried out on five fatal cases of a type of polyneuritis of unknown etiology diagnosed as Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome, which endemically occurred in children in the regions surrounding the Inland Sea of Japan ...
Akagi, Seiji, Oda, Takuzo
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Non-polio enteroviruses circulation in acute flaccid paralysis cases and sewage in Senegal from 2013 to 2021

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Several factors can cause acute flaccid paralysis cases including non-polio enteroviruses. In Senegal, few studies on non-polio enteroviruses (NPEV) have been performed.
Ndack Ndiaye, Ousmane Kébé, Maryam Diarra, Fatou Diène Thiaw, Mohamed Dia, NDongo Dia, Amadou Alpha Sall, Malick Fall, Ousmane Faye, Martin Faye   +9 more
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Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in Hong Kong: 1997 to 2002 [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives. To describe the characteristics of patients reported with acute flaccid paralysis between 1997 and 2002, and to evaluate the performance of the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system using indicators recommended by the World Health ...
Chan, KY, Lam, RMK, Lam, TH, Lau, YL, Leung, NK, Lim, WL, Tsang, THF   +6 more
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A novel mouse model simulating C5 palsy after cervical surgery

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study establishes a reliable mouse model of permanent C5 palsy (post‐laminectomy complication) via dorsal approach, selectively severing the C5 anterior nerve root while preserving the posterior root through partial C4 and C5 laminectomy. The model successfully replicates clinical C5P features—flaccid shoulder paralysis, electrophysiological ...
Chenpei Xu, Xianghe Wang, Mingjie Zhou, Chuxiang Chen, Tingzheng Jiang, Fei Wang, Kaixiang Yang, Hongli Wang, Su Jiang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source