Prevalence and risk factors of post-polio syndrome in a cohort of polio survivors

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Ragonese, Paolo ^a   Fierro, Brigida ^a   Salemi, Giuseppe ^a   Randisi, Giovanna ^a   Buffa, Daniela ^a   D'Amelio, Marco ^a   Aloisio, Antonella ^a   Savettieri, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Poliomyelitis; Post polio syndrome; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 24044518774     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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