Open AccessAcute Flaccid paralysis in adults: Our experience
Author(s) -
Rupesh Kaushik,
P Kharbanda,
Ashish Bhalla,
Roopa Rajan,
Sudesh Prabhakar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.136847
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , paralysis , guillain barre syndrome , acute flaccid paralysis , poliomyelitis , pediatrics , flaccid paralysis , weakness , acute intermittent porphyria , surgery , porphyria , poliovirus , virus , virology
Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a complex clinical syndrome with a broad array of potential etiologies that vary with age. We present our experience of acute onset lower motor neuron paralysis.