TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential diagnosis of acute weakness
AU - Campbell, William W.
AU - Swift, Thomas Robert
PY - 1981/1/1
Y1 - 1981/1/1
N2 - Muscle weakness evolving rapidly over hours to days demands prompt diagnosis and proper treatment to prevent life-threatening respiratory insufficiency. Such weakness usually results from diseases affecting some portion of the motor unit, such as poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, botulism, and dyskalemic myopathy. The differential diagnosis of these processes is discussed.
AB - Muscle weakness evolving rapidly over hours to days demands prompt diagnosis and proper treatment to prevent life-threatening respiratory insufficiency. Such weakness usually results from diseases affecting some portion of the motor unit, such as poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, botulism, and dyskalemic myopathy. The differential diagnosis of these processes is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-198111000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00007611-198111000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 7029719
AN - SCOPUS:0019770738
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 74
SP - 1371
EP - 1375
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 11
ER -
