Long-term follow-up of a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis successfully treated with intrathecal interferon alpha

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-303

  Miyazaki, Masahito ^a,b   Nishimura, Mio ^a   Toda, Yoshihiro ^a   Saijo, Takahiko ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a   Kuroda, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Miyoshi Medical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon alpha; Intrathecal route; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17944404933     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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