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==Further | ==Further Reading== | ||
* {{cite book | last = Bruno | first = Richard L. | title = The Polio Paradox | publisher = Warner Books | location = New York | year = 2002 | isbn = 0446529079 }} | * {{cite book | last = Bruno | first = Richard L. | title = The Polio Paradox | publisher = Warner Books | location = New York | year = 2002 | isbn = 0446529079 }} | ||
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* Silver, Julie K. (2001). ''Post-Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and Their Families.'' New Haven: Yale University Press. (Dr. Silver is Medical Director, Spaulding-Framingham Outpatient Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School.) | * Silver, Julie K. (2001). ''Post-Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and Their Families.'' New Haven: Yale University Press. (Dr. Silver is Medical Director, Spaulding-Framingham Outpatient Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School.) | ||
==External | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/post_polio/post_polio.htm National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke] | * [http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/post_polio/post_polio.htm National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke] | ||
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[[Category:Motor neuron disease]] | [[Category:Motor neuron disease]] | ||
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| Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke developed post-polio syndrome in 1988 after initially contracting polio in 1962. |
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- Bruno, Richard L. (2002). The Polio Paradox. New York: Warner Books. ISBN 0446529079.
- Maynard, F.M., & Headley, J.H. (Eds.) (1999). Handbook on the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis for Physicians and Survivors. Saint Louis, MO: GINI (now Post-Polio Health International). Information on 90 post-polio topics; a compilation of the research and experience of over 40 experts.
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. (1999). Identifying Best Practices in Diagnosis & Care. Warm Springs, GA: March of Dimes International Conference on Post-Polio Syndrome
- Nollet F. "Perceived health and physical functioning in postpoliomyelitis syndrome". Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2002.
- Nollet, F. "Post-polio syndrome". Orphanet Ecyclopaedia, 2003
- Silver, Julie K. (2001). Post-Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and Their Families. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Dr. Silver is Medical Director, Spaulding-Framingham Outpatient Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School.)
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