A Case of Early Onset Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presented as Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

A 7.5 years girl presented with myoclonic jerks with prolonged duration coming progressively at shorter intervals for last six moinths. There was declining academic performances. The dystonic, dyskinetic movements and ataxia were there for last three months. The stages were progressing too rapidly....

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Autores principales: Bhattacharyya, Ranjan, Mukherjee, Bhaskar, Bhattacharyya, Sumita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5733434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284817
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.219642
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Sumario:A 7.5 years girl presented with myoclonic jerks with prolonged duration coming progressively at shorter intervals for last six moinths. There was declining academic performances. The dystonic, dyskinetic movements and ataxia were there for last three months. The stages were progressing too rapidly. IgG antibody titre to measles virus was found to be positive with EEG changes which confirms diagnosis. SSPE at so early age with atypical presentation is unique in this indexed case.

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