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. 2017 Feb;38(2):410–417. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5044

Clinical description of 9 patients with AFM used in analysis

Patient No. Age, yr Sex Limb Weakness MRC Composite Score Enterovirus Detected MRC Score at Follow-Up Discharge Diagnosis Days to MRI
1 3 M Right UE 11 NP swab 2 Disease due to EV 9
2 7 M Bilateral LE 20 None 3 Encephalomyelitis, paraesthesia/hyperestheia 14
3 4 F Bilateral LE 9 None 1 Flaccid paralysis, unspecified 2
4 8 M Right UE 9 NP swab 0 Acute flaccid paralysis 13
5 27 M Bilateral LE 1 Serum 3 Virus-related myelitis 6
6 8 F Left UE 16 None 2 Viral meningitis 11
7 24 M Bilateral LE 24 None 3 Meningomyelitis 5
8 10 M Left UE 18 None 2 Postinfectious mycoplasma transverse myelitis 3
9 2 F Left UE 3 None 1 Hopkins syndrome 1

Note:—LE, lower extremities; NP, nasophyryngeal; UE, upper extremities.