Impact of infections on the incidence of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in children

• Main Authors: Hannah Gilbert (Author), Nicholas S. Abend (Author), Melissa Hutchinson (Author), Ricka Messer (Author), Mahendranath Moharir (Author), Kendall Nash (Author), Jamie Palaganas (Author), Juan Piantino (Author), Samir S. Shah (Author), Matt Hall (Author), Elizabeth Wells (Author), Craig A. Press (Author), Pediatric Neurohospitalist Work Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) is the leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis in children and hypothesized to be triggered by antecedent infection. We sought to determine the association between AIDP and commonly acquired community infections in children....