Post-polio syndrome: An emerging threat to polio survivors: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 92, No 1

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Beginning in the 1980s, weakness, fatigue, and/or joint pain have increasingly been reported in patients who had polio 20 to 40 years previously. Known as post-polio syndrome, these sequelae can be demoralizing to patients who survived the acute illness. In this article, Dr Aston explores possible causes and describes current treatment of this debilitating disease.

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