Children and Encephalitis Lethargica: A Historical Review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-84

  Vilensky, Joel A ^a   Foley, Paul ^b   Gilman, Sid ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DELINQUENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LETHALITY; LOBOTOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE, POSTENCEPHALITIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547551442     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.04.012     Document Type: Review

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