Goswami JN et al: Dystonic storm: an atypical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Indian Pediatr. 55(5):441, 2018
Watanabe S et al: New insights into measles virus brain infections. Trends Microbiol. ;27(2):164-75, 2018
Perciaccante A et al: Early and late seizures associated to Niccolò Paganini's viral encephalitis. J Neurol Sci. 382:122, 2017
Wendorf KA et al: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: the devastating measles complication that might be more common than previously estimated. Clin Infect Dis. 65(2):226-32, 2017
Fisher DL et al: Measles-induced encephalitis. QJM. 108(3):177-82, 2014
Hatanpaa KJ et al: Neuropathology of viral infections. Handb Clin Neurol. 123:193-214, 2014
Buchanan R et al: Measles virus and associated central nervous system sequelae. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 19(3):107-14, 2012
Gadoth N: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) the story of a vanishing disease. Brain Dev. 34(9):705-11, 2012
Sivadasan A et al: Fulminant subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an individual with a perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection. Arch Neurol. 69(12):1644-7, 2012
Cece H et al: Epidemiological findings and clinical and magnetic resonance presentations in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. J Int Med Res. 39(2):594-602, 2011
Handique SK: Viral infections of the central nervous system. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 21(4):777-94, vii, 2011
Aydin K et al: Reduced gray matter volume in the frontotemporal cortex of patients with early subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 30(2):271-5, 2009
Oguz KK et al: MR imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging and MR spectroscopy findings in acute rapidly progressive subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Brain Dev. 29(5):306-11, 2007
Trivedi R et al: Assessment of white matter damage in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis using quantitative diffusion tensor MR imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 27(8):1712-6, 2006
Schneider-Schaulies J et al: Measles infection of the central nervous system. J Neurovirol. 9(2):247-52, 2003
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
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Dawson encephalitis
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Progressive measles virus-mediated encephalitis
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Goswami JN et al: Dystonic storm: an atypical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Indian Pediatr. 55(5):441, 2018
Watanabe S et al: New insights into measles virus brain infections. Trends Microbiol. ;27(2):164-75, 2018
Perciaccante A et al: Early and late seizures associated to Niccolò Paganini's viral encephalitis. J Neurol Sci. 382:122, 2017
Wendorf KA et al: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: the devastating measles complication that might be more common than previously estimated. Clin Infect Dis. 65(2):226-32, 2017
Fisher DL et al: Measles-induced encephalitis. QJM. 108(3):177-82, 2014
Hatanpaa KJ et al: Neuropathology of viral infections. Handb Clin Neurol. 123:193-214, 2014
Buchanan R et al: Measles virus and associated central nervous system sequelae. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 19(3):107-14, 2012
Gadoth N: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) the story of a vanishing disease. Brain Dev. 34(9):705-11, 2012
Sivadasan A et al: Fulminant subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an individual with a perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection. Arch Neurol. 69(12):1644-7, 2012
Cece H et al: Epidemiological findings and clinical and magnetic resonance presentations in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. J Int Med Res. 39(2):594-602, 2011
Handique SK: Viral infections of the central nervous system. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 21(4):777-94, vii, 2011
Aydin K et al: Reduced gray matter volume in the frontotemporal cortex of patients with early subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 30(2):271-5, 2009
Oguz KK et al: MR imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging and MR spectroscopy findings in acute rapidly progressive subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Brain Dev. 29(5):306-11, 2007
Trivedi R et al: Assessment of white matter damage in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis using quantitative diffusion tensor MR imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 27(8):1712-6, 2006