Substantial spontaneous long-term remission in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
| dc.contributor | Santoshkumar, B | |
| dc.contributor | Radhakrishnan, K | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-04T11:45:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-04T11:45:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We report a 25-year-old female who developed clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) features of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) at the age of 17 years. After almost 17 months of progressive neurological deterioration to a level where she was bedridden and incapable of self-care (Risk and Haddad stage 3a), she experienced a substantial spontaneous clinical and EEG remission (stage 4c) which she has maintained for the last 8 years. The measles antibody titer in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), however, progressively increased during follow-up. There are only very few patients with well documented diagnosis of SSPE who have maintained such a prolonged remission. The age at onset of SSPE of greater than or equal to 12 years, disappearance of periodic complexes and a tendency for normalization of the background activity in the EEG, and a progressive increase in the measles antibody titer in the CSF appears to predict a favourable outcome of SSPE. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 154; 1; 83-88 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00303-1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/1108 | |
| dc.publisher | JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
| dc.subject | Neurology | |
| dc.title | Substantial spontaneous long-term remission in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) |