Case 1: Progressive Weakness in a Previously Healthy 4-year-old Boy

Pediatr Rev. 2019 Jun;40(6):302-304. doi: 10.1542/pir.2016-0141.

Authors

Kristen Pontiff¹, Day Breen², Pamela McMahon¹, Cristina Zeretzke-Bien³, Philip Zachariah⁴, Christopher Woodward^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Residency Program, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
² Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Pediatric Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
⁴ Emergency Medicine Residency Program-Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA.

PMID: 31152102
DOI: 10.1542/pir.2016-0141

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Muscle Weakness / etiology*
Tick Paralysis / complications
Tick Paralysis / diagnosis*