Encephalitis lethargica: Could this disease be recognised if the epidemic recurred?

Practical Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 360-367

  Vilensky, J A ^a   Gilman, S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETHARGY; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE TWITCH; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PSYCHOPATHY; PTOSIS; SOMNOLENCE; TIC; TREMOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33751538492     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.106450     Document Type: Article

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