Acute Paresthesia and Ataxia in a Child: "Tick" Outside the Box!

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm

From the Division of Pediatric Surgery (F.G.S.), WVU Medicine Children's Hospital, Morgantown, WV and Division of Pediatric Surgery (R.D.), Logan Health, Kalispell, MT.

Published: July 2024

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