Tick Paralysis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-10-3

Tick Paralysis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 16 (2002): Issue 10

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Oct 2002

Abstract

Six children aged 3.3 to 5.5 years (5 girls and 1 boy), of 26 admitted with acute muscle weakness to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, over a 5 year period (1992-97), were diagnosed with tick paralysis.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-10-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 74 - 76

Published on: Oct 1, 2002

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Tick Paralysis,

Acute Muscle Weakness,

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

© 2002 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 16 (2002): Issue 10