Acute Flaccid Myelitis-Keys to Diagnosis, Questions About Treatment, and Future Directions

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Feb 1;173(2):117-118. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4896.

Authors

Sarah E Hopkins¹, Matthew J Elrick², Kevin Messacar³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora.

PMID: 30500054
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4896

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / epidemiology
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / therapy*
Combined Modality Therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Hospitalization
Humans
Myelitis / diagnosis*
Myelitis / epidemiology
Myelitis / therapy*
Neuromuscular Diseases / diagnosis*
Neuromuscular Diseases / epidemiology
Neuromuscular Diseases / therapy*
United States / epidemiology

Supplementary concepts

acute flaccid myelitis