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flaccid paralysis
Paralysis in which the affected muscles are limp with little resistance to passive movement.
Etiology:
- arbovirus infection
- West Nile virus
- Eastern equine encephalitis virus
- Jamestown Canyon virus
- St. Louis encephalitis virus
- Powassan virus
General
paralysis
References
- Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. Stephen
Goldberg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995
- Rothaus C
A Man with Fever and Weakness.
NEJM Resident 360. Nov 8, 2017
https://resident360.nejm.org/content_items/a-man-with-fever-and-weakness