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About SFBAPS

Education

  • Poliomyelitis
  • (Polio) Explained
  • Facts about Polio/Postpolio
  • Criteria for Diagnosing PPS
  • Common Symptoms of PostPolioSequelae
  • Good Mgmt of the Late Effects
  • Awareness of the Late Effects

 

 

Resources

SFBAPS NEWSLETTER
Distributed monthly, January-June & September-November

SFBAPS RESOURCES LIST
We have a list of Bay Area postpolio clinics and health practitioners familiar with the late effects of polio, as well as other helpful resources.

SFBAPS LENDING LIBRARY <for members>
Information about polio & postpolio and people who had polio
~ Videotapes
~ Audiotapes
~ Books
~ Newsletters
~ Other polio-related items

POST-POLIO INFORMATION BOOKS
available from SFBAPS at a reduced rate

Handbook on The Late Effects of Poliomyelitis, for Polio Survivors and Their Physicians by Lauro Halstead, M.D. (National Rehabilitation Hospital, 1999)

Managing Post-Polio Syndrome edited by Frederick Maynard, M.D. & John Headley (GINI, 1999)

The Polio Paradox, What You Need to Know (Uncovering the Hidden History of Polio to Understand and Treat 'Post-Polio Syndrome' and Chronic Fatigue by Richard L. Bruno, H.D., Ph.D. (New York, NY: AOL Time Warner Co., 2002)

POSTPOLIO SYNDROME by Julie K. Silver, M.D. & Anne C. Gawne, M.D. (Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2004)

  • Calendar

  • SFBAPS Meetings
    • Dates and Topics
    • Location and Directions

  • Resources

  • Lending Library
  • View our collection of books, tapes, videos
  • Providers List
  • Polio Memorabilia Collection
  • Newsletter
  • Late Effects of Polio brochure
  • Speak to your group
  • Polio Books for Sale
  • Related Links
    Links to other postpolio websites.

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