subacute sclerosing panencephalitis/headache

In the cerebrospinal fluid of two groups of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), the determinations of LTB4 and LTC4 leukotriene concentrations were performed by radioimmunoassay (RIA). In the first group of 10 patients with chronic SSPE (from 2 to 11 years), the LTB4 and LTC4

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a chronic progressive encephalitis of childhood and young adults due to persistent measles virus infection. The usual age of onset is between 5 and 15 years. There are wide varieties of presentations of SSPE described in the literatures. Variable

A survey was made on 10 patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) during the last four years from the viewpoint of clinical safety of ribavirin therapy in Japan. Although the age of onset, latent period, and effectiveness were variable among the cases, they were treated safely with

Ribavirin is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug with inhibitory activity against many RNA viruses, including measles virus. Five patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) were treated with ribavirin by intraventricular administration. Although there were transient side effects attributed

We studied 36 patients (24 males, 12 females), all of whom had definite subacute sclerosing panencephalitis with typical periodic complexes in their electroencephalograms and increased titers of measles antibody in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Their clinical and laboratory findings on admission

CSF samples were obtained from 22 patients with multiple sclerosis, 14 patients with subacute sclerosis panencephalitis, and 10 with neuroses or headaches. Most samples were investigated simultaneously by a sensitive method of electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel (PE) and radial immunodiffusion

Dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cyto-proteic dual obeys to different models when central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory diseases are considered. In order to evaluate these models data pertinent to multiple sclerosis (20 cases), neurosyphilis (20 cases), neurocysticercosis (20 cases),

Increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) IL-6 has been reported in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and neurological involvement. To elucidate the value of IL-6 as a marker of disease activity, serum and CSF IL-6 levels of 68 BD patients with acute (26) or chronic progressive (14) parenchymal