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== Incidence and prevalence == The exact incidence and prevalence of postpolio syndrome (PPS) is unknown and statistics vary. Medscape reports the incidence in previous acute polio patients ranges from approximately 22-68%.<ref name=":1" /> The [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] estimates that the condition affects 25 to 40 percent of polio survivors.<ref name=":0" /> In 1992, a study of former poliomyelitis patients from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania estimates 28.5% of all paralytic polio cases develop PPS.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Ramlow | first = J. | last2 = Alexander | first2 = M. | last3 = LaPorte | first3 = R. | last4 = Kaufmann | first4 = C. | last5 = Kuller | first5 = L. | date = 1992-10-01 | title = Epidemiology of the Post-Polio Syndrome|url=https://academic.oup.com/aje/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/aje/136.7.769|journal=American Journal of Epidemiology|language=en|volume=136|issue=7 | pages = 769β786|doi=10.1093/aje/136.7.769|issn=0002-9262}}</ref> Suggestions have been made that 100% of polio survivors, if tracked for a long period, can develop some symptoms of PPS.<ref name=":1" />
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