Acute Areflexic Paralysis
- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 32 (10) , 706-707
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1975.00490520076014
Abstract
• Acute areflexic paralysis associated with diffuse sensory loss, cranial nerve palsies, and respiratory insufficiency occurred in two patients who developed hypophosphatemia during hyperalimentation. Prompt recovery followed replacement of serum phosphorus in both cases. An electromyogram performed on one patient revealed only decreased insertional activity. A muscle biopsy specimen from the same patient showed minor, nonspecific neurogenic changes.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Nutrient Deficiencies after Intensive Parenteral AlimentationNew England Journal of Medicine, 1974
- Evidence for a Phosphorus-Depletion Syndrome in ManNew England Journal of Medicine, 1968