Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) presenting as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a child

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 899-903

  Goraya, Jatinder ^a   Marks, Harold ^a   Khurana, Divya ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a   Melvin, Joseph ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Measles; SSPE; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA INTERFERON; CLONAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 67949109655     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808330184     Document Type: Article

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