Severe Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus in Children: Two Phenotypes for Two Evolution Profiles?

Severe Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus in Children: Two Phenotypes for Two Evolution Profiles?

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is an acute paralysis syndrome defined by a specific inflammation of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. From 2014, worrying waves of life-threatening AFM consecutive to enterovirus infection (EV-D68 and EV-A71) have been reported. We describe 10 children display...

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Main Authors: Melodie Aubart, Cyril Gitiaux, Charles Joris Roux, Raphael Levy, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Audrey Mirand, Nathalie Bach, Florence Moulin, Jean Bergounioux, Marianne Leruez-Ville, Flore Rozenberg, Delphine Sterlin, Lucile Musset, Denise Antona, Nathalie Boddaert, Shen Ying Zhang, Manoelle Kossorotoff, Isabelle Desguerre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
enterovirus
myelitis
children
EV-D68
EV-A71
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00343/full

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