Subacute Sclerosing Pan-encephalitis. a Review of 17 Cases with Special Reference to Clinical Diagnostic Criteria.

Epidemiology of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) and other encephalitides in Karachi area; a progress note.

Relative frequency of neurologic diseases in Karachi, with special reference to inflammatory disorders has been estimated by using the comprehensive data from the Deptt. of Neurology, Dow Medical College, Karachi, The incidence of subacute scierosing pan encephalitis has been estimated to be approx. 10 per million. Figures for multiple sclerosis appear comparable to those from India, Turkey and...

Isolation of Rubella Virus from Patients with Progressive Rubella Pan-Encephalitis

During a period of 7 years (1997-2003) we were received pairs of serum and CSF of 27 suspicious clinically cases from neurology department of several hospitals in Tehran. Among them 7 were serologically positive for progressive rubella panencephalitis (PRPE) and 2 were positive for sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Rubella virus was isolated from 4 of 7 serologically positive cases o...

Neurovirological research of encephalitides in and around Karachi. The clinical aspects (interim report).

One hundred-and-fourteen cases of encephal itides and encephalopath ies were selected from the patients admitted to the Neurology ward Civil Hospital, Karachi (CHK), during the twelve years’ period from 1971 to June 1983. There were eleven cases of subacute scierosing pan encephalities (SSPE) and seven cases of chronic progressive encephalopathies (CPE). Forty-three cases of encephalitides and ...

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in Iran. Clinical and immunoligical characlerisation

Measles virus and subacute neurological disease: an unusual presentation of measles inclusion body encephalitis.

A 20-year-old girl developed a subacute neurological illness characterized by seizures and epilepsia partialis continua, which resulted in her death within 10 weeks of her first symptom. Although she had a history of unusual reactions to viral infections, there was no evidence of any underlying disorder resulting in immunosuppression. Histopathology demonstrated the presence of dense infection ...