Multifocal neuropathy associated with West Nile virus infection
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A 51-year-old man developed severe, subacute onset right facial weakness and flaccid, hyporeflexic right upper limb weakness several days following West Nile virus infection. Electrophysiologic and radiographic studies confirmed severe but incomplete right facial and brachial plexus neuropathies (figure). There were no clinical or …
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