Acute Flaccid Myelitis Articles

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  1. Ayers T, Lopez A, Lee A, Kambhampati A, Nix WA, Henderson E, Rogers S, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Sejvar J, Hopkins SE, Pallansch MA, Routh JA, Patel M. Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015-2017. Pediatrics. 2019 Nov;144(5):e20191619. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1619. Epub 2019 Oct 7. PMID: 31591135.

  2. Melicosta ME, Dean J, Hagen K, Oppenheimer K, Porter C, Rybczynski S, Salorio C, Sadowsky C. Acute flaccid myelitis: Rehabilitation challenges and outcomes in a pediatric cohort. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2019;12(3):245-253. doi: 10.3233/PRM-180549. PMID: 31476175.

  3. Murphy OC, Messacar K, Benson L, Bove R, Carpenter JL, Crawford T, Dean J, DeBiasi R, Desai J, Elrick MJ, Farias-Moeller R, Gombolay GY, Greenberg B, Harmelink M, Hong S, Hopkins SE, Oleszek J, Otten C, Sadowsky CL, Schreiner TL, Thakur KT, Van Haren K, Carballo CM, Chong PF, Fall A, Gowda VK, Helfferich J, Kira R, Lim M, Lopez EL, Wells EM, Yeh EA, Pardo CA; AFM working group. Acute flaccid myelitis: cause, diagnosis, and management. Lancet. 2020 Dec 21:S0140-6736(20)32723-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32723-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33357469

  4. Heise CO, de Oliveira AJ, Bhering T, Martins RS, Sterman-Neto H, Foroni L, Siqueira MG. Nerve transfers for acute flaccid myelitis: a case series. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Jan;37(1):211-215. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04773-6. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32661646.

  5. Matesanz SL, McGuire JL, Hopkins SL. Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Characteristics and Outcomes of 2014 and 2016 Cases at a Single Center. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2019;215:272-276

  6. Theroux, LM, Brenton, JN. Acute Transverse and Flaccid Myelitis in Children. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2019;21(12) doi:10.1007/s11940-019-0603-0 (abstract only)
  7. Martin JA, Messacar K, Yang ML, et al. Outcomes of Colorado children with acute flaccid myelitis at 1 year. Neurology. 2017 ;89(2):129-137. Doi:10.1212/wnl.0000000000004081
  8. Bove R, Rowles W, Carleton M, et al. Unmet Needs in the Evaluation, Treatment, and Recovery for 167 Children Affected by Acute Flaccid Myelitis Reported by Parents Through Social Media. Pediatric Neurology. 2020;102:20-27. Doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.08.009
  9. Yea C, Bitnun A, Robinson J, et al. Longitudinal Outcomes in the 2014 Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cluster in Canada. Journal of Child Neurology. 2016;32(3):301-307.doi:10.1177/0883073816680770. (abstract)