An 8-Year-Old Boy With Ascending Paralysis

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Dec;4(4):385-8. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piv034. Epub 2015 May 21.

Authors

Daniel Olson¹, Amanda Moen², Emily Barr¹, David Mirsky³, Teri Schreiner⁴, Mark J Abzug¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
² Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minnesota.
³ Department of Radiology.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.

PMID: 26407267
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piv034

No abstract available

Keywords: ADEM; HIV; NMO; acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis; demyelination; human immunodeficiency virus; neuromyelitis optica; pediatric.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology
Child
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / etiology*
HIV Infections / complications
HIV Infections / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Neuromyelitis Optica / etiology*
Paralysis / etiology*