Hopkins Syndrome in a 14-Year-Old Boy; a Case Report
EMERGENCY ,
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018),
19 November 2017
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Page e23
https://doi.org/10.22037/emergency.v6i1.18287
Abstract
Hopkins syndrome (HS) is a flaccid paralysis resembling poliomyelitis that has been seen in some children who are recovering from an acute episode of asthma. This syndrome should be suspected based on clinical findings even before the occurrence of characteristic breathing patterns and epilepsy. We report a 14-year-old boy who had experienced an episode of HS.
- Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
- nervous system diseases
- rare diseases
- asthma
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