Varicella-induced diaphragmatic flutter in a 12-year-old girl.
2013
Tuğçe Aksu Uzunhan, and
Mine Çalişkan, and
Kemal Nişli, and
Elif Kocasoy Orhan, and
Barış Baslo
Pediatrician, Fellow in Pediatric Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics Istanbul, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: tugceuzunhan@yahoo.com.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009135
Muscular Diseases
Acquired, familial, and congenital disorders of SKELETAL MUSCLE and SMOOTH MUSCLE.
A highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN). It usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed. Chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Varicella,Chicken Pox
D002648
Child
A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.
Children
D003964
Diaphragm
The musculofibrous partition that separates the THORACIC CAVITY from the ABDOMINAL CAVITY. Contraction of the diaphragm increases the volume of the thoracic cavity aiding INHALATION.