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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Research Probes Cause of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children
June 09, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 9 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:

By Bill Snyder

Research that began at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has found evidence that a viral infection followed by a "robust" immune response is the cause of a polio-like paralyzing illness in children called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, a former research fellow at VUMC who is now on the faculty at the Univ . . .

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