Excellent Response to Plasma Exchange in Three Patients With Enterovirus-71 Neurological Disease

The clinical spectrum of Enterovirus-71-associated neurological disease includes acute flaccid paralysis, encephalomyelitis, or brainstem encephalitis with autonomic dysfunction. As no specific antiviral treatments are available, intravenous human immunoglobulin is used in early stages of the illnes...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neurology
Main Authors:	Elba Pascual-Goñi, Maria Josa, Cristian Launes, Luis Querol, Marga del Cuerpo, M. Alba Bosch, Iolanda Jordan, Eulàlia Turón-Viñas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Subjects:	enterovirus EV71 encephalomyelitis brainstem encephalitis with cardiorespiratory failure plasma exchange immunotherapy
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00548/full