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A nine-month-old infant underwent plication of the diaphragm after an intercostal drain, during the neonatal period, causing phrenic nerve paralysis. The integrity of the phrenic nerve was proved by electromyography; EMG might differentiate between agenesis of the diaphragmatic musculature and other causes which usually do not produce complete blockage of the electric stimuli, and therefore muscle response will not disappear.
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