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Poliomyelitis is an acute infectious disease caused by poliovirus. Its lesion is mainly found at the anterior horn of the spinal cords, which is clinically characterized by irregularly distributed and different degrees of muscular flaccid paralysis. The disease occurs more commonly in children and therefore is also known as infantile paralysis. During its prevalence, the asymptomatic cases or the cases with no paralysis are more common, and the disease can be mostly cured. In some rare cases, sequela of paralysis occurs. In severe cases, the medulla oblongata is involved to cause life-threatening breathing muscles paralysis, swallowing muscles paralysis, and even central respiratory paralysis.
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Bai, J., Cheng, J. (2015). Poliomyelitis. In: Li, H. (eds) Radiology of Infectious Diseases: Volume 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9882-2_25
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