Acute flaccid paralysis associated with West Nile virus: Motor and functional improvement in 4 patients
Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPublished 1 December 2004
Christina Marciniak, Susan Sorosky, Christina K. Hynes
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Little is known about recovery in patients with WNV-associated anterior myelitis; all patients showed modest improvements in strength and function; no patient made full recovery of strength or became ambulatory by 6-month follow-up.
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Little is known about recovery in patients with WNV-associated anterior myelitis. It will be important to document any further improvements in strength and function in such patients over a longer follow-up period.
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