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DeckerMed Psychiatry, 2015
In 2013, the International Encephalitis Consortium proposed clinical criteria for acute encephalitis consisting of 24 hours of altered level of consciousness, lethargy, or personality change and at least three additional supportive features. Although viruses are the most common cause of acute encephalitis, not all encephalitides are acute, viral, or ...
Jennifer L. Lyons, Shamik Bhattacharyya
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In 2013, the International Encephalitis Consortium proposed clinical criteria for acute encephalitis consisting of 24 hours of altered level of consciousness, lethargy, or personality change and at least three additional supportive features. Although viruses are the most common cause of acute encephalitis, not all encephalitides are acute, viral, or ...
Jennifer L. Lyons, Shamik Bhattacharyya
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Pediatric Emergency Care, 2013
Encephalitis is a serious and potentially treatable infection of the central nervous system. A pathogen is identified in less than 50% of cases. The differential diagnosis includes acute infection, immune-mediated causes, and other central nervous system processes.
Laura, Weingarten +2 more
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Encephalitis is a serious and potentially treatable infection of the central nervous system. A pathogen is identified in less than 50% of cases. The differential diagnosis includes acute infection, immune-mediated causes, and other central nervous system processes.
Laura, Weingarten +2 more
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Encephalitis and Postinfectious Encephalitis
CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2012Encephalitis and postinfectious encephalitis represent two important conditions for the neurologist, both in terms of their presentations as neurologic emergencies and their potential to cause death or serious neurologic impairment. This article reviews the major infectious and noninfectious causes of encephalitis and discusses postinfectious ...
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Neurologic Clinics, 1999
Encephalitis is an infectious or inflammatory disorder of the brain that presents with fever, headache, and an altered level of consciousness. There may also be focal or multifocal neurologic deficits, and focal or generalized seizure activity. Of the infectious etiologies, herpesviruses are the most common and some of the few treatable viral causative
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Encephalitis is an infectious or inflammatory disorder of the brain that presents with fever, headache, and an altered level of consciousness. There may also be focal or multifocal neurologic deficits, and focal or generalized seizure activity. Of the infectious etiologies, herpesviruses are the most common and some of the few treatable viral causative
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Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2013
Rasmussen's encephalitis is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disease disorder of unknown etiology.The aim of this report was to create an awareness of Rasmussen's encephalitis in our clinical practice in Africa.We searched online for literature on Rasmussen's encephalitis with an emphasis on documented cases in Africa and in blacks all over the world ...
DD Akinbo, CO Dawodu
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Rasmussen's encephalitis is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disease disorder of unknown etiology.The aim of this report was to create an awareness of Rasmussen's encephalitis in our clinical practice in Africa.We searched online for literature on Rasmussen's encephalitis with an emphasis on documented cases in Africa and in blacks all over the world ...
DD Akinbo, CO Dawodu
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2022
Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a clinical syndrome defined by subacutely evolving limbic signs and symptoms with structural and functional evidence of mediotemporal damage in the absence of a better explanation than an autoimmune (or paraneoplastic) cause. There are features common to all forms of LE.
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Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a clinical syndrome defined by subacutely evolving limbic signs and symptoms with structural and functional evidence of mediotemporal damage in the absence of a better explanation than an autoimmune (or paraneoplastic) cause. There are features common to all forms of LE.
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Development of the clinical assessment scale in autoimmune encephalitis
Annals of Neurology, 2019There is no scale for rating the severity of autoimmune encephalitis (AE). In this study, we aimed to develop a novel scale for rating severity in patients with diverse AE syndromes and to verify the reliability and validity of the developed scale.
Jung-Ah Lim +26 more
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Neurologic Clinics, 2018
Viruses are a frequent cause of encephalitis. Common or important viruses causing encephalitis include herpesviruses, arboviruses, enteroviruses, parechoviruses, mumps, measles, rabies, Ebola, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and henipaviruses. Other viruses may cause an encephalopathy.
Arun, Venkatesan, Olwen C, Murphy
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Viruses are a frequent cause of encephalitis. Common or important viruses causing encephalitis include herpesviruses, arboviruses, enteroviruses, parechoviruses, mumps, measles, rabies, Ebola, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and henipaviruses. Other viruses may cause an encephalopathy.
Arun, Venkatesan, Olwen C, Murphy
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Is ‘Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis’ really encephalitis?
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2013Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is characterised by acute ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and some features suggesting CNS involvement such as consciousness disturbance. In 1951, Bickerstaff and Cloake described three patients in their original report entitled ‘Mesencephalitis and rhomboencephalitis’, and in 1957 Bickerstaff expanded his series to ...
Sonoko Misawa +2 more
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Encephalitis lethargica (von Economo's encephalitis)
2014Abstract In the midst of the Great War (World War I), a peculiar neurologic disease swept large parts of the world in an epidemic fashion. The illness, encephalitis lethargica or von Economo's encephalitis, was characterized by both an acute and chronic phase.
Joseph R. Berger, Joel A. Vilensky
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