Acute fulminant subacute sclerosing panencephalitis with absent measles and PCR studies in cerebrospinal fluid

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Chung, Brian H Y ^a   Ip, Patrick P K ^a   Wong, Virginia C N ^a,d   Lo, Janice Y C ^b   Harding, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Virology Unit   (Hong Kong)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Div Neurodevelopmental P   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHISOPRINOL; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 4544305181     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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