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Infantile paralysis

MedGen UID:
315923
•Concept ID:
C1527258
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Infantile Paralysis; Paralysis, Infantile
SNOMED CT: Infantile paralysis (397928009)

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PubMed

Nurse Irene Shea studies the "Kenny method" of treatment of infantile paralysis, 1942-1943.
Golden J, Rogers N
Nurs Hist Rev 2010;18:189-203. doi: 10.1891/1062-8061.18.189. PMID: 20067099
Infantile paralysis: Pioneers in treatment.
Phys Ther 1976 Jan;56(1):42-9. doi: 10.1093/ptj/56.1.42. PMID: 1108050
Treatment of infantile paralysis.
BENNETT RL
Postgrad Med 1949 Jul;6(1):49-64. PMID: 18146992

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

"A calculated risk": the Salk polio vaccine field trials of 1954.
Meldrum M
BMJ 1998 Oct 31;317(7167):1233-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7167.1233. PMID: 9794869Free PMC Article
Infantile paralysis in developing countries: is it poliomyelitis or diplegia?
Crawford CL, Hobbs MJ
Lancet 1991 Feb 2;337(8736):284-6. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90883-q. PMID: 1671124
A clinical study of post polio infantile paralysis.
Rastogi S, Agarwal AK, Sipani AK, Varma S, Goel MK
Prosthet Orthot Int 1983 Apr;7(1):29-32. doi: 10.3109/03093648309146712. PMID: 6856449
Poliomyelitis vaccination benefits--versus risk.
Assaad F
Dev Biol Stand 1979;43:141-50. PMID: 520666
Some epidemiological aspects of poliomyelitis in Turkey; a serological survey for neutralizing and complement-fixing antibodies against polioviruses.
PAYZIN S
Bull World Health Organ 1956;15(1-2):339-54. PMID: 13383369Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

A successful surgical tracheobronchoplasty in a case of expiratory collapse of central airways associated with tracheobronchomalacia in a severely deformed single lung patient.
Waseda R, Shiraishi T, Miyahara S, Sato T, Iwasaki A
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021 Apr;69(4):756-761. Epub 2020 Nov 9 doi: 10.1007/s11748-020-01542-9. PMID: 33164133
Emerging therapies and challenges in spinal muscular atrophy.
Farrar MA, Park SB, Vucic S, Carey KA, Turner BJ, Gillingwater TH, Swoboda KJ, Kiernan MC
Ann Neurol 2017 Mar;81(3):355-368. Epub 2017 Feb 17 doi: 10.1002/ana.24864. PMID: 28026041Free PMC Article
Infantile paralysis. 1908.
Rankin G
Practitioner 2008 Feb;252(1703):46. PMID: 18426159
Poliomyelitis in India: past, present and future.
Wyatt HV
Indian J Pediatr 1998 Jan-Feb;65(1 Suppl):SI-VIII, S1-98. PMID: 11129888
Infantile paralysis in developing countries: is it poliomyelitis or diplegia?
Crawford CL, Hobbs MJ
Lancet 1991 Feb 2;337(8736):284-6. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90883-q. PMID: 1671124

Therapy

Emerging therapies and challenges in spinal muscular atrophy.
Farrar MA, Park SB, Vucic S, Carey KA, Turner BJ, Gillingwater TH, Swoboda KJ, Kiernan MC
Ann Neurol 2017 Mar;81(3):355-368. Epub 2017 Feb 17 doi: 10.1002/ana.24864. PMID: 28026041Free PMC Article
Poliomyelitis in India: past, present and future.
Wyatt HV
Indian J Pediatr 1998 Jan-Feb;65(1 Suppl):SI-VIII, S1-98. PMID: 11129888
"A calculated risk": the Salk polio vaccine field trials of 1954.
Meldrum M
BMJ 1998 Oct 31;317(7167):1233-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7167.1233. PMID: 9794869Free PMC Article
Milestones in clinical pharmacology. Prophylaxis of infantile paralysis (anterior poliomyelitis).
Farrar GE Jr
Clin Ther 1991 Jan-Feb;13(1):142-5. PMID: 2029719
Poliomyelitis vaccination benefits--versus risk.
Assaad F
Dev Biol Stand 1979;43:141-50. PMID: 520666

Prognosis

A successful surgical tracheobronchoplasty in a case of expiratory collapse of central airways associated with tracheobronchomalacia in a severely deformed single lung patient.
Waseda R, Shiraishi T, Miyahara S, Sato T, Iwasaki A
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021 Apr;69(4):756-761. Epub 2020 Nov 9 doi: 10.1007/s11748-020-01542-9. PMID: 33164133
Experiences with epiphyseal arrest in correcting discrepancies in length of the lower extremities in infantile paralysis: a method of predicting the effect. 1947.
Green WT, Anderson M
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003 Jun;85(6):1161; discussion 1161. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200306000-00030. PMID: 12784018
Experiences with epiphyseal arrest in correcting discrepancies in length of the lower extremities in infantile paralysis; a method of predicting the effect.
GREEN WT, ANDERSON M
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1947 Jul;29(3):659-75. PMID: 20253040

Clinical prediction guides

Experiences with epiphyseal arrest in correcting discrepancies in length of the lower extremities in infantile paralysis: a method of predicting the effect. 1947.
Green WT, Anderson M
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003 Jun;85(6):1161; discussion 1161. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200306000-00030. PMID: 12784018
MR of craniocerebral hemiatrophy.
Sener RN, Jinkins JR
Clin Imaging 1992 Apr-Jun;16(2):93-7. doi: 10.1016/0899-7071(92)90119-t. PMID: 1547482
Experiences with epiphyseal arrest in correcting discrepancies in length of the lower extremities in infantile paralysis; a method of predicting the effect.
GREEN WT, ANDERSON M
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1947 Jul;29(3):659-75. PMID: 20253040

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