Does the historical literature on encephalitis lethargica support a simple (direct) relationship with postencephalitic Parkinsonism?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1124-1130

  Vilensky, Joel A ^a   Gilman, Sid ^b   McCall, Sherman ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitic Parkinsonism; Epidemic encephalitis; Oculogyric crises; Von Economo's disease

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTORY; LITERATURE; PARKINSON DISEASE;

ENCEPHALITIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; PARKINSON DISEASE, POSTENCEPHALITIC;

EID: 77955085378     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22991     Document Type: Review

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