Unusual progression of an adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in Turkey

• SSPE diagnosis can be missed in adult cases if not included in the differential diagnosis. • Adult cases may present with atypical clinical features and with an aggressive course. • Antiviral drugs and immunomodulatory modalities have been tried alone or in combination, but there is no cure for SS...

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Autores principales: Vural, Ezgi, Engin, Esin, Demir, Nurhak, Agan, Kadriye, Midi, Ipek
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Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31453567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100332
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author Vural, Ezgi
Engin, Esin
Demir, Nurhak
Agan, Kadriye
Midi, Ipek
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description • SSPE diagnosis can be missed in adult cases if not included in the differential diagnosis. • Adult cases may present with atypical clinical features and with an aggressive course. • Antiviral drugs and immunomodulatory modalities have been tried alone or in combination, but there is no cure for SSPE. • Measles vaccination is the only measure that can reduce the risk of SSPE.
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spelling pubmed-67004972019-08-26 Unusual progression of an adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in Turkey Vural, Ezgi Engin, Esin Demir, Nurhak Agan, Kadriye Midi, Ipek Epilepsy Behav Rep Article • SSPE diagnosis can be missed in adult cases if not included in the differential diagnosis. • Adult cases may present with atypical clinical features and with an aggressive course. • Antiviral drugs and immunomodulatory modalities have been tried alone or in combination, but there is no cure for SSPE. • Measles vaccination is the only measure that can reduce the risk of SSPE. Elsevier 2019-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6700497/ /pubmed/31453567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100332 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Unusual progression of an adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in Turkey
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title_short Unusual progression of an adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in Turkey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700497/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100332
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