title: [Measles and its complications in Hamburg from 1960 to 1973 (author's transl)].
abstract: A study of measles was undertaken from the case histories of 3 093 children under 15 years of age, treated in the children's clinics of Hamburg between 1960 to 1973. 562 children were suffering from pneumonia (18,2%), 230 had otitis (7,4%) and 229 (7,4%) showed neural affections (143 cases with fits and 86 patients with encephalopathy or encephalitis), Various parameters were analysed: age, sex, seasonal distribution, fatality, age disposition to convulsions and measles encephalitis, "incubation period" of neural affections, sequelae. Permanent sequelae due to measles encephalitis were seen in 14% of the cases. A plea is made for an universal immunisation against measles.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology; D005076:Exanthema; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000209:etiology; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins
vernacular_title: Masern und ihre Komplikationen in Hamburg von 1960 bis 1973