Familial Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Associated With Short Latency

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-217

  Sharma, Vinod ^a   Gupta, Vineet B ^b   Eisenhut, Michael ^a  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPHASIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEASLES; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL AREA; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 38949180619     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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