@article{ref1,
title="Motor aphasia: A rare complication of scorpion sting",
journal="Journal of pediatric neurosciences",
year="2012",
author="Kshirsagar, Vinayak Y. and Ahmed, Minhajuddin and Colaco, Sylvia M.",
volume="7",
number="3",
pages="231-233",
abstract="Scorpion sting is common in villages, and is an important public health problem in India. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, causing a variety of symptoms. The leading causes of death are cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary edema. We present herein a case of scorpion sting in a 9-year-old boy who developed pulmonary edema and gradually developed cytotoxic cerebral edema with infarct leading to motor aphasia with upper motor neuron facial palsy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1817-1745",
doi="10.4103/1817-1745.106489",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.106489"
}