Key result
During the 1955 Massachusetts epidemic, 1,035 patients assumed to have acute poliomyelitis were admitted to the Children's Hospital in Boston.
Population
1035 pediatric patients assumed to have acute poliomyelitis admitted to the Children's Hospital in Boston…
Design
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Historical polio admission data from 1955 highlights epidemic scale; leaves open modern differential diagnosis challenges without informing current practice.
Observational (n=1,035)
No
Provides a historical clinical record of pediatric patients admitted with acute poliomyelitis during the severe 1955 New England epidemic.
Auld et al. (1960) conducted an observational in Acute poliomyelitis (n=1,035). During the 1955 Massachusetts epidemic, 1,035 patients assumed to have acute poliomyelitis were admitted to the Children's Hospital in Boston.
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