Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Call for Vigilance and an Update on Management

Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Jan:114:26-28. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.09.003. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

Authors

Sarah E Hopkins¹, Jay Desai², Leslie Benson³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: hopkinss1@email.chop.edu.
² Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
³ Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 33190069
PMCID: PMC7481844
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.09.003

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute flaccid myelitis; Child; Enterovirus; Poliomyelitis.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / therapy*
Humans
Myelitis / diagnosis*
Myelitis / therapy*
Neuromuscular Diseases / diagnosis*
Neuromuscular Diseases / therapy*

Supplementary concepts

acute flaccid myelitis