Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and chorioretinitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-57

  Tomoda, Akemi ^a   Miike, Teruhisa ^a   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^a   Negi, Akira ^a   Takeshima, Hideo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorioretinitis; Interferon (IFN ); Macular degeneration; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0031050946     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(96)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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