Poliomyelitis-like illness associated with asthma.
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A 10-year-old girl with a combination of paralytic disease, resembling poliomyelitis, and asthma is described. The girl developed neurological symptoms 5 days after a severe attack of asthma. No aetiology to the flaccid paralysis could be demonstrated although Coxsackie B5 virus was isolated from a stool. A similar poliomyelitis-like illness associated with asthma has previously been reported in 13 cases from Australia and the UK.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 55 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980