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Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis

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Link to WHO Definition

Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1066160874

This is an acute inflammation of the spinal cord’s grey matter, although a severe infection can extend into the brainstem and even higher structures, resulting in polioencephalitis, producing apnoea that requires mechanical assistance such as an iron lung.