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Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Clinical Overview for 2019
Yasaman Fatemi, MD, Rana Chakraborty, MD, MSc, DPhil (Oxon) Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 94, Issue 5, Pages (May 2019) DOI: /j.mayocp Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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Figure 1 Confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from August 2014 through January From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.15 Mayo Clinic Proceedings , DOI: ( /j.mayocp ) Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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Figure 2 Magnetic resonance images of a 13-year-old male patient with confirmed acute flaccid myelitis demonstrating classic findings. Sagittal image (Left) shows hyperintensity of the central cervical spinal cord (arrow). Axial image (Right) demonstrates hyperintensity localized to the central gray matter within the cord (arrow), consistent with location of anterior horn cells. Mayo Clinic Proceedings , DOI: ( /j.mayocp ) Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2019 94, 875-881DOI: (10. 1016/j. mayocp. 2019
Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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