[Acute flaccid paralysis].
Acute flaccid paralysis, a common paediatric disorder, is fundamentally caused by disorders involving neuromuscular diseases of acute onset. It generally presents as an acute or extremely acute motor disorder which is progressive or extremely progressive. Successful management depends on a rapid, accurate differential diagnosis, based on the patient s history of muscular weakness.
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Departamento Académico de Pediatría, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology