Two cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis associated with brainstem involvement

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-283

  Yilmaz, Cahide ^a   Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a   Yilmaz, Nebi ^a   Güven, Ahmed Sami ^a   Bayram, Irfan ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DIAZEPAM; MEASLES ANTIBODY; METHISOPRINOL;

ANTIBODY TITER; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DROP ATTACK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX;

BRAIN STEM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 34648825672     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm020     Document Type: Article

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