Leptospirosis: A forgotten cause of quadriplegia

Quadriplegia may be of acute, subacute, or chronic onset and may have varied etiologies. Leptospirosis can produce quadriplegia, secondary to hypokalemia, which occurs due to kaliuresis. Leptospirosis is under diagnosed and under reported in India. The clinical features of leptospirosis are non-spec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of tropical medicine and public health 2012-11, Vol.5 (6), p.603-604
Hauptverfasser:	Nattusamy, Loganathan, Singh, Shivakumar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Diagnosis Disease Fever Leptospirosis Quadriplegia
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