Pearls & Oy-sters: Pisa syndrome: An unusual feature of adult-onset fulminant SSPE
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Pearls & Oy-sters: Pisa syndrome: an unusual feature of adult-onset fulminant SSPE.
CASE REPORT A 25-year-old man was referred to our department, a tertiary care neurology facility, with complaints of slowness of movements and a body tilt to the right for 3 months. These complaints were accompanied by multiple falls and behavioral changes, including apathy, lack of self-care, and decreased verbal output. He had a history of high-grade fever lasting for 5 days prior to onset of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001161