Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE): An insight into the diagnostic errors from a Tertiary Care University Hospital

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 683-688

  Prashanth, L K ^a   Taly, A B ^a   Sinha, S ^a   Ravi, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; SSPE; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHILDER DISEASE; SEIZURE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; SYMPTOM; TAPETORETINAL DEGENERATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULITIS; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 34447124333     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807303999     Document Type: Article

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