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Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Sep;19(3):96-100.
Neurologic complications of influenza.
Ekstrand JJ.
Source
Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.
Abstract
Neurologic complications associated with influenza infection represent rare, but often underappreciated, manifestations of both seasonal and global pandemic influenza. Seizures are the most common neurologic complication, occurring as febrile seizures, as exacerbations in patients with epilepsy, or as symptoms of other influenza-induced neurologic disorders. Encephalopathy is the second most common neurologic complication associated with influenza. A wide spectrum of conditions ranging from coma with severe long-term morbidity or mortality and more mild altered mental states that resolve with minimal-to-no sequelae have been reported. Other less common neurologic complications that have been described include stroke, focal neurologic deficits, Guillain-Barr? syndrome, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and transverse myelitis.
Copyright ? 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22889537
[PubMed - in process]
Neurologic complications of influenza.
Ekstrand JJ.
Source
Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.
Abstract
Neurologic complications associated with influenza infection represent rare, but often underappreciated, manifestations of both seasonal and global pandemic influenza. Seizures are the most common neurologic complication, occurring as febrile seizures, as exacerbations in patients with epilepsy, or as symptoms of other influenza-induced neurologic disorders. Encephalopathy is the second most common neurologic complication associated with influenza. A wide spectrum of conditions ranging from coma with severe long-term morbidity or mortality and more mild altered mental states that resolve with minimal-to-no sequelae have been reported. Other less common neurologic complications that have been described include stroke, focal neurologic deficits, Guillain-Barr? syndrome, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and transverse myelitis.
Copyright ? 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22889537
[PubMed - in process]
