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Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated

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Link to WHO Definition

Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/953127297

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. This diagnosis is vaccine-associated.