The New England Journal of Medicine27d
Isolation of Measles Virus from Cell Cultures of Brain from a Patient with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
SUBACUTE sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a disease currently considered to include cases of Dawson's inclusion-body encephalitis, Van Bogaert's subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis and the ...
The New England Journal of Medicine27d
How Does Measles Virus Cause Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis?
Connolly and his colleagues 1 provided the crucial clue that linked measles-virus infection, in some unique manner, with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Two and a half years later ...
Sky20d
Mother of girl who died after catching measles urges people to get their children vaccinated
"And then she passed away around a week later." Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - or SSPE - is a rare complication of measles which typically appears months or years after contracting the ...
The Sun24d
Child dies of measles and almost 2,500 people infected – as interactive map reveals the worst-hit areas of England
But it can lead to lifelong disabilities and even death. In rare cases, it can cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which causes the brain to swell. SSPE causes memory loss ...
BMJ14d
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: serial electroencephalographic studies.
A total of 42 EEGs from five patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis were studied. Periodic complexes were noticed in 35 (83%) of these. The interval between the complexes shortened in all ...
BMJ8d
Detection of subarachnoid haemorrhage with magnetic resonance imaging
Lumbar puncture was performed in cases where CT was negative for SAH. Cases were divided into acute (scanned within 4 days of the haemorrhage) and subacute (scanned after 4 days) groups. RESULTS The ...