Post-poliomyelitis syndrome: case report Síndrome pós-polio: relato de caso

Post-poliomyelitis syndrome: case report Síndrome pós-polio: relato de caso

The post-polio syndrome (PPS) is an entity characterized for an episode of muscular weakness and/or abnormal muscular fatigue in individuals that had presented acute polio years before. We report the case of PPS in a patient, 40 years, that thirty-five years after had had paralytic poliomyelitis, de...

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Main Authors: Marco Antonio Orsini Neves, Mariana Pimentel de Mello, Viviane Vieira dos Santos, Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento, Reny de Souza Antonioli, Gabriel Rodrigues de Freitas, Marcos R.G. de Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
síndrome pós-polio
poliomielite paralítica
doenças neuromusculares
post-poliomyelitis syndrome
paralytic poliomyelitis
neuromuscular diseases
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