An unusual case of lower motor neuron disease.
An 11-year-old boy developed a rapidly progressive asymmetrical flaccid tetraparesis that ended fatally within 1 year. The classification of this unusual case is discussed.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology