Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child

Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy (INA) is a disorder presented with acute severe pain in the upper extremity, followed by muscle weakness, paralysis and atrophy. INA is rare in children and few reports are found in the literature. Here, we report a case of INA in an 8-yr old boy from Iran following p...

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Autores principales: ASHRAFI shrafi, Mahmoud Reza, TAVASOLI, Alireza, GHAHVECHI AKBARI, Masood
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31645878
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author ASHRAFI shrafi, Mahmoud Reza
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description Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy (INA) is a disorder presented with acute severe pain in the upper extremity, followed by muscle weakness, paralysis and atrophy. INA is rare in children and few reports are found in the literature. Here, we report a case of INA in an 8-yr old boy from Iran following pharyngitis.
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spelling pubmed-67890892020-01-01 Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child ASHRAFI shrafi, Mahmoud Reza TAVASOLI, Alireza GHAHVECHI AKBARI, Masood Iran J Child Neurol Case Report Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy (INA) is a disorder presented with acute severe pain in the upper extremity, followed by muscle weakness, paralysis and atrophy. INA is rare in children and few reports are found in the literature. Here, we report a case of INA in an 8-yr old boy from Iran following pharyngitis. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6789089/ /pubmed/31645878 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ASHRAFI shrafi, Mahmoud Reza
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Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child
title Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child
title_full Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child
title_fullStr Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child
title_full_unstemmed Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child
title_short Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Cervical Root and Cranial Nerves Involvement in a Child
title_sort neuralgic amyotrophy with cervical root and cranial nerves involvement in a child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789089/
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