title: [Acute motor deficit in childhood: diagnosis management].
abstract: Acute motor deficit is not uncommon in childhood, with various neurological etiologies. Pertinent semiological analysis allows correct diagnosis management, with adequate paraclinical investigations. The authors describe this clinical diagnosis strategy. The most common clinical situations and various etiologies are presented; paraclinical investigations confirming the diagnosis are discribed, with specific attention to central nervous system imaging according to the most recent sequences.
authors.affiliation: Service de neuropédiatrie, hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier cedex, France. a-roubertie@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roubertie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soëte
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Echenne
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Langlois
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy