Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis, eften cried polio or infantile paralysis, is a smittle tribble caused bi the poliovirus. In aboot 0.5% o cases there is muscle wauchness resultin in an inability tae muive.[1]
Poliomyelitis | |
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A man wi a smawer richt leg due tae poliomyelitis | |
Clessification an freemit resoorces | |
Specialty | Neurology, infectious disease |
ICD-10 | A80, B91, P35.8 |
ICD-9-CM | 045, 138 |
DiseasesDB | 10209 |
MedlinePlus | 001402 |
eMedicine | ped/1843 pmr/6 |
MeSH | C02.182.600.700 |
References
eedit- ↑ Hamborsky J, Kroger A, Wolfe C, eds. (2015), "Poliomyelitis", Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (The Pink Book) (13th ed.), Washington DC: Public Health Foundation, (chap. 18).