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'''Bornholm disease''' or '''pleurodynia''' is a [[disease]] caused by the [[Coxsackie A|Coxsackie]] [[virus]]. It is named after the Danish island Bornholm where the first documented cases occurred. | '''Bornholm disease''' or '''pleurodynia''' is a [[disease]] caused by the [[Coxsackie A|Coxsackie]] [[virus]]. It is named after the Danish island Bornholm where the first documented cases occurred. | ||
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It is also known as the ''devil's grip'', ''devil's grippe'', ''epidemic myalgia'', ''epidemic pleurodynia'' or ''The Grasp of the Phantom''. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 23 January 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Bornholm disease or pleurodynia is a disease caused by the Coxsackie virus. It is named after the Danish island Bornholm where the first documented cases occurred.
Other names
It is also known as the devil's grip, devil's grippe, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia or The Grasp of the Phantom.