PDF-Illnesses presenting as Acute Flaccid Paralysis Dr. N. Aumeer-Paediatr

01122010 1 01122010 Acute Flaccid Paralysis AFP Acute onset of weakness with reduced muscular tone in a previously normal limb Usually below 15 yrs of ageIt is a Lower motor neurone lesion A.

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