Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE): Early diagnosis, prognostic factors and natural history

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Yaqub, Basim A ^a,b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Measle virus; Myoclonus; Periodic complexes; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030219935     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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