Uncontrolled Immigration Threatening Public Health: A Transverse Myelitis Case due to Measles
Author(s) -
Adem Dursun,
Zübeyde Gündüz,
Mehmet Canpolat,
Özgür Ceylan,
Selim Doğanay,
Melahat YENİ,
Hüseyin Per
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
turkish journal of pediatric disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1307-4490
pISSN - 2148-3566
DOI - 10.12956/tjpd.2016.210
Subject(s) - transverse myelitis , measles , immigration , public health , medicine , myelitis , public health insurance , pediatrics , environmental health , political science , virology , psychiatry , health insurance , health care , pathology , vaccination , multiple sclerosis , spinal cord , law
Measles infection is an important cause of childhood mortality. Measles infection and complications have increased in our country because of the war and immigration in neighboring countries. This case has been reported to emphasize transverse myelitis, which is a rare neurological complication of measles.
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