Acquired stuttering in a patient with encephalitis.
A 30-year-old woman developed a sudden onset of stuttering in the early stage of Japanese B encephalitis. Cranial CT scan, EEG and electrodiagnostic studies revealed no definite focal abnormality. Her stuttering persisted for 1 week and subsided spontaneously. Stuttering can be a rare early manifestation in Japanese B encephalitis.
Department of Neurology, Tsyr Huey Mental Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Peng
D000328:Adult; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013342:Stuttering / Q000209:etiology*