Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an American-born adult.
We describe a case of an adult born in the United States who had subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). We discuss the possibility that the patient contracted subclinical measles during the 1989-1991 measles epidemic in the United States.
Dlugos
D J
DJ
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. dlugos@email.chop.edu
Liu
G T
GT
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D014481:United States