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2017
A proportion of sufferers of polio, many years later, develop increasing weakness and dysfunction of the areas initially affected by polio and spilling over other areas. The involvement is restricted to the lower motor neuron. The condition needs to be differentiated from other causes of lower motor neuron diseases, and background of poliomyelitis is ...
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A proportion of sufferers of polio, many years later, develop increasing weakness and dysfunction of the areas initially affected by polio and spilling over other areas. The involvement is restricted to the lower motor neuron. The condition needs to be differentiated from other causes of lower motor neuron diseases, and background of poliomyelitis is ...
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Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2004
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is the term used for the new late manifestations that occur in patients 30 to 40 years after the occurrence of acute poliomyelitis. PPS has been recognized for over 100 years, but is more common at the present time because of the large epidemics of poliomyelitis in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is the term used for the new late manifestations that occur in patients 30 to 40 years after the occurrence of acute poliomyelitis. PPS has been recognized for over 100 years, but is more common at the present time because of the large epidemics of poliomyelitis in the 1940s and 1950s.
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2019
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a constellation of new and progressive symptoms developing several years following infection with the acute viral illness poliomyelitis caused by the poliovirus. PPS is characterized by the onset of fatigue, weakness in one or more extremities, including the potential to involve the muscles of the respiratory system, and ...
Salman Hirani, David Spinner
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Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a constellation of new and progressive symptoms developing several years following infection with the acute viral illness poliomyelitis caused by the poliovirus. PPS is characterized by the onset of fatigue, weakness in one or more extremities, including the potential to involve the muscles of the respiratory system, and ...
Salman Hirani, David Spinner
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Archives of Neurology, 1996
This book is a welcome addition to the small number of reference works available on postpolio syndrome. Chapters by well-known figures in the field of postpolio are an asset. The book may also prove useful for well-informed patients with postpolio syndrome as there are chapters on exercise and personal experience as well as the psychologic aspects of ...
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This book is a welcome addition to the small number of reference works available on postpolio syndrome. Chapters by well-known figures in the field of postpolio are an asset. The book may also prove useful for well-informed patients with postpolio syndrome as there are chapters on exercise and personal experience as well as the psychologic aspects of ...
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Neurology, 1995
edited by LAURO S. HALSTEAD and GUNNAR GRIMBY, 230 pp., ill., Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, 1995. $32.95 Interest in the post-polio syndrome is on the increase in the lay and academic communities. In the last few years, the New York Academy of Sciences sponsored a …
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edited by LAURO S. HALSTEAD and GUNNAR GRIMBY, 230 pp., ill., Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, 1995. $32.95 Interest in the post-polio syndrome is on the increase in the lay and academic communities. In the last few years, the New York Academy of Sciences sponsored a …
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Post-polio Syndrome: An Update
Seminars in Neurology, 1993The PPS is now a well-recognized entity encompassing the late manifestations that occur because of previous poliomyelitis. Common signs and symptoms include fatigue, cold intolerance, joint deteriorations with pain, and prominent neurologic problems that include new weakness, muscle pain, atrophy, respiratory insufficiency, dysphagia, and sleep apnea ...
B, Jubelt, J, Drucker
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Management of post-polio syndrome
NeuroRehabilitation, 1997Many patients with post-poliomyelitis syndrome can benefit from a management program. When a post-polio patient presents with new symptoms, it is first essential to identify and treat other medical and neurological conditions which could produce these symptoms.
D A, Trojan, L, Finch
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Neuropsychology of Post‐Polio Syndrome
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1995The sparse literature concerning the psychology of PPS is easy to summarize. Some psychopathology can be observed in PPS, but it is not clear whether it is a reaction to PPS or a by‐product of a concurrent but unrelated disorder. Psychopathology does not seem to be responsible for the onset or intensity of new PPS symptoms.
J, Grafman +5 more
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