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Is there a way to prevent the symptoms of erb-duchenne paralysis?
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Difficult to answer: Erb's palsy (erb-duchenne palsy) is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm's main nerves, specifically the upper trunk c5-c6 is functionally severed. The best way to prevent the symptoms is to avoid the injury in the first place.
Answered 4/1/2014
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