Encephalitis Lethargica: An Autoimmune Disease

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-1-1

Encephalitis Lethargica: An Autoimmune Disease

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 18 (2004): Issue 1

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jan 2004

Abstract

Twenty patients (16 from 2-16 years old, mean 10.4 years; 4 from 17-69, mean 47.5 years) with an encephalitis lethargica (EL) syndrome resembling that reported in the 1916-1927 epidemic, and presenting between 1999 and 2002, are reported from Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and other tertiary neurology centers in the UK.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-1-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 2

Published on: Jan 1, 2004

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Encephalitis Lethargica,

Sleep Disorder,

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder

© 2004 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 18 (2004): Issue 1