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doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1314.
Poliomyelitis and the postpolio syndrome
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1314
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Poliomyelitis and the postpolio syndrome
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In most cases of postpolio syndrome, underlying weakness and skeletal deformity predisposes to functional deterioration Credit: P VIROT/WHO
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Postpolio syndrome--"we aren't dead yet".BMJ. 2005 Jun 4;330(7503):1318-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1318. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15933356 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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