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polio and post-polio syndrome  

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  • In 1895, Gould's Medical Dictionary defined poliomyelitis as follows: Acute inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray matter of the spinal cord, leading to a destruction of the large multipolar cells of these horns. It is most common in children, coming on during the period of the first dentition and producing a paralysis of certain muscle groups or of an entire limb. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-M3CWBJWX-5

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