Hopkins syndrome should be suspected based on clinical findings in children recovering from an acute asthma episode presenting with neurological symptoms.
May support early HS suspicion in asthmatic children; leaves open need for prospective validation of diagnostic criteria.
Hopkins syndrome (HS) is a flaccid paralysis resembling poliomyelitis that has been seen in some children who are recovering from an acute episode of asthma. This syndrome should be suspected based on clinical findings even before the occurrence of characteristic breathing patterns and epilepsy. We report a 14-year-old boy who had experienced an episode of HS.
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