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Neuralgic amyotrophy and infectious mononucleosis: a case report
Author(s) -
Esmonde T.,
Gamble W.,
Patterson V.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1995.tb00122.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mononucleosis , poliomyelitis , amyotrophy , weakness , pediatrics , acute flaccid paralysis , surgery , virology , virus , pathology , poliovirus , atrophy
A 27 year old man developed neuralgic amyotrophy of the right upper limb 5 weeks after an acute febrile illness which was proven serologically to be caused by Ebstein‐Barr virus. The weakness developed in a limb that had been used to perform heavy manual labour. A parallel with a similar phenomenon described in association with paralytic poliomyelitis is noted.‐