Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is now considered to be caused by measles virus. There are four diagnostic criteria, namely the clinical picture, a characteristic EEG, serology of serum and CSF and brain histology. A register of cases in the U.K. has been kept since 1971, and up to September 1977, ninety-six patients have been reported. The male/female ratio is 2 : 1. The disease mos...

thesis, but had normal CSF albumin and normal plasma proteins. Similar changes often occur in multiple sclerosis and other chronic and subacute inflammatory diseases of the nervous system but are usually of lesser degree than those observed in our patient.16 Elevations of CSF gamma globulin to levels higher than 30% of the total protein are very unusual in neurological disorders other than suba...

thesis, but had normal CSF albumin and normal plasma proteins. Similar changes often occur in multiple sclerosis and other chronic and subacute inflammatory diseases of the nervous system but are usually of lesser degree than those observed in our patient.16 Elevations of CSF gamma globulin to levels higher than 30% of the total protein are very unusual in neurological disorders other than suba...