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Evidence for an enterovirus as the cause of encephalitis lethargica

BACKGROUND: The epidemic of encephalitis lethargica (EL), called classical EL, was rampant throughout the world during 1917–1926, affecting half a million persons. The acute phase was lethal for many victims. Post-encephalitic parkinsonism (PEP) affected patients for decades. Our purpose was to inve...

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Autores principales: Dourmashkin, Robert R, Dunn, Glynis, Castano, Victor, McCall, Sherman A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22715890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-136