Encephalitis Lethargica: An Autoimmune Disease
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Encephalitis Lethargica
There is an cspccial fascination to the clinician attaching to a disorder which presents no single distinctive feature, which may simulate, or be simulated by, a large number of other affections, and in the recognition of which cytological, bacteriological, and chemical procedures have hitherto failed to afford any positive assistance. I may remind you that in the spring of 1917 von Economo5 di...
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BACKGROUND The epidemic of encephalitis lethargica (EL), called classical EL, was rampant throughout the world during 1917-1926, affecting half a million persons. The acute phase was lethal for many victims. Post-encephalitic parkinsonism (PEP) affected patients for decades. Our purpose was to investigate the cause of classical EL by studying the few available brain specimens. Cases of PEP and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2004
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-1-1