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Guillain-Barré syndrome: a century of progress [PDF]

, 2016
In 1916, Guillain, Barré and Strohl reported on two cases of acute flaccid paralysis with high cerebrospinal fluid protein levels and normal cell counts — novel findings that identified the disease we now know as Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS).
A Campbell, A Chiba, A Chiba, A Pestronk, A Uncini, AA Ilyas, AD Langmuir, AJ Sumner, AK Asbury, AK Asbury, AK Asbury, AM Fitzpatrick, B Parra, B van den Berg, BH Waksman, C Brechenmacher, C Fokke, C Hafer-Macko, C Linington, CE Hafer-Macko, CL Schengrund, CP O'Leary, E Díez-Tejedor, FG van der Meché, FH Geisler, G Guillain, GM McKhann, GM O'Hanlon, H Wis´niewski, HJ Willison, Hugh J. Willison, J Kaldor, J Matias-Guiu, JA Goodfellow, JC Dodge, JG McLeod, JH Rees, JJ Plomp, JM Pearce, John A. Goodfellow, JW Albers, JW Griffin, JW Prineas, K Kaida, K Susuki, KE Astrom, KM Rhodes, KN Greenshields, LB Schonberger, LD Osler, LM Araujo, LT Kurland, M Fisher, M Kadlubowski, M Vermeulen, MK White, N Shahrizaila, N Yuki, N Yuki, N Yuki, N Yuki, NA Gregson, O Landry, PA van Doorn, PO Osterman, R McGonigal, R McGonigal, R van Koningsveld, RA Hughes, RA Hughes, RJ Greenwood, RP Kleyweg, S Draganescu, S Kusunoki, S Lafontaine, S Rinaldi, S Rinaldi, S Rinaldi, SK Halstead, SK Halstead, SK Halstead, T Lasky, T Saida, TE Feasby, TE Feasby, TW Ho, TW Ho, VM Cao-Lormeau, W Wiederholt, W Yan, WE Haymaker, Y Nagai   +91 more
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Factors Associated with Reduced Quality of Life in Polio Survivors in Korea. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The purpose of this study is to assess health-related quality of life in polio survivors (PS) compared with that in the general population in Korea. Polio survivors (n = 120) from outpatient clinics at two hospitals, healthy controls (HC, n = 121) and ...
Eun Joo Yang, Seung Yeol Lee, Keewon Kim, Se Hee Jung, Soong-Nang Jang, Soo Jeong Han, Wan-Ho Kim, Jae-Young Lim   +7 more
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Case report of conventional electrodiagnosis of a subject with postpolio syndrome

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015
In the past few years, many polio survivors have experienced late-onset neuromuscular symptoms such as fatigue, pain, new, and unusual muscular deficits and decreased functional abilities. Post polio syndrome (PPS) refers to a clinical disorder affecting
Megha Sandeep Sheth, Srishti S Sharma, Ankita B Bansal, Khanjan J Shah   +3 more
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Perinatal characteristics and risk of polio among Swedish twins [PDF]

, 2012
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90577/1/j.1365-3016.2012.01268.x ...
Bruno, Cooper, Fagraeus, Halstead, Harrath, Iwasaki, Kato, Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein, Ludvigsson, McDade, Medlund, Moore, Moore, Moore, Moskowitz, Nanthakumar, Neu, Ohka, Ohka, Ramlow, Rowe, Shaw, Sorensen, Statistics Sweden, Tanner, Villamor, Windebank, Windebank, Wolf   +29 more
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Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients

Diagnostics, 2022
There is no specific designed diagnostic test for post-poliomyelitis syndrome. The most important symptoms of this syndrome are new loss of muscle strength and more fatigue.
Álvaro Mateos-Angulo, José Andrés Salazar-Agulló, Cristina Roldán-Jiménez, Manuel Trinidad-Fernández, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas   +4 more
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Post-Polio Syndrome [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2018
Among the late effects of poliomyelitis is the PostPolio Syndrome (PPS), characterized by increased musclestrength loss, abnormal fatigue and pain after a period ofstability of at least 15 years. The incidence and prevalence ofPPS are unknown in the world and in Brazil, depending on thediagnostic criteria.
Monalisa Pereira Motta, Abrahão Augusto Juveniano Quadros, Mônica de Souza Brito Conti, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira   +3 more
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Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Muhammad Umar, Pakeezah Tabasum, Maria Qadri, Talha Farooq, Eskeatnaf Yosef Getachew, Zemichael Getu Alemayehu, Eden Haile Hagos, Hailemariam Shimelis Gebeyehu, Hanna Tsehay Abebe, Nuradin Abdi Ali, David Chinaecherem Innocent, Temesgen Mamo Sharew   +12 more
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Depressive symptoms in people with late effects of polio and the association with sociodemographic and disability‐related factors

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Late effects of polio (LEoP) is a progressive condition leading to a lifelong disability that can affect mental health. There is limited knowledge of depressive symptoms and associated factors in people with LEoP. Objective To assess the occurrence of depressive symptoms in people with LEoP and explore the association with ...
Maria Nolvi, Christina Brogårdh, Lars Jacobsson, Jan Lexell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attending to Disability in TESOL: A Case of Patterned Inequities

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article in the special issue commemorating TESOL Quarterly's anniversary documents that scholarship in the intersection of TESOL and disability is a relatively newer phenomenon. It draws on scholarship from TESOL Quarterly and the field more broadly to illuminate how research, although emergent, points to an alarming trend: that ...
Sara E.N. Kangas
wiley   +1 more source

Poliomielite: uma nova velha doença. Qual o valor dos programas de educação continuada para profissionais da saúde? [PDF]

, 2014
Universidade Federal de Goiás Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Faculdade de Educação FisicaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Departamento de FisiologiaUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo Centro de Educação Física e DesportosUNIFESP,
Andrade, Marilia dos Santos, Lira, Claudio Andre Barbosa de, Vancini, Rodrigo Luiz   +2 more
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