Acute Flaccid Myelitis Outbreak

J. Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-12-7

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Outbreak

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 29 (2015): Issue 12

By: J. Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jan 2016

Abstract

Investigators from the University School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, report an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) occurring in 2014-2015 in several States and reported to the CDC.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-12-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 96 - 96

Submitted on: Jan 10, 2016

Accepted on: Jan 16, 2016

Published on: Jan 19, 2016

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Flaccid Myelitis,

Spinal Gray Matter,

Motor Cranial Neuropathy

© 2016 J. Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 29 (2015): Issue 12