Tick paralysis: differential diagnosis
Evidence-based neurology checklist on tick paralysis: differential diagnosis: Neurological differentials Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) Spinal cord compression Transverse myelitis Cerebellar ataxia Poliomyelitis Myasthenia gravis (MG) Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) Encephalomyelitis…
Neurological differentials
- Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
- Spinal cord compression
- Transverse myelitis
- Cerebellar ataxia
- Poliomyelitis
- Myasthenia gravis (MG)
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
- Encephalomyelitis
- Periodic paralysis
Toxic differentials
References
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- Vedanarayanan VV, Evans OB, Subramony SH. Tick paralysis in children: Electrophysiology and possibility of misdiagnosis. Neurology 2002; 59:1088-1090.
