AFM
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American Federation of Musicians.
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audio frequency modulation: a method for recording high-fidelity stereo sound on home videotape recorders and on video discs.
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In rare cases, that virus can cause polio-like paralysis in children called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
From Los Angeles Times
County Department of Public Health has not yet detected increased signals of EV-D68, and no cases of AFM have been reported this year in Los Angeles or Orange counties.
From Los Angeles Times
Parents should call a doctor if their child suffers any symptoms of AFM, which include slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, difficulty moving the eyes, drooping eyelids, pain in the neck, back, arms or legs, weakness in the arm or legs or facial droop.
From Los Angeles Times
AFM attacks motor neurons in the spinal cord’s gray matter, which controls movement.
From Los Angeles Times
This year, the CDC has confirmed 13 cases of AFM, including one in California, as of Sept. 3.
From Los Angeles Times
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