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A form of paralytic poliomyelitis affecting neurons of the MEDULLA OBLONGATA of the brain stem. Clinical features include impaired respiration, HYPERTENSION, alterations of vasomotor control, and dysphagia. Weakness and atrophy of the limbs and trunk due to spinal cord involvement is usually associated. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p765)
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- Bulbar Polio
- Poliomyelitis, Bulbar
- Poliomyelitis, Medullary Involvement
- Medullary Involvement Poliomyelitis
- Polio, Bulbar
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Bulbar Poliomyelitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011052. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011052
- Bulbar Poliomyelitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18558221