α-Interferon and isoprinosine in adult-onset sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-64

  Gokcil, Zeki ^a   Odabasi, Zeki ^a   Demirkaya, Seref ^a   Eroglu, Erdal ^a   Vural, Okay ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interferon; Adult onset; Isoprinosine; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; METHISOPRINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INOSINE PRANOBEX; INTERFERON TYPE I, RECOMBINANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032925749     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00302-5     Document Type: Article

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