PMID- 2015832
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19910517
LR  - 20180214
IS  - 0014-3022 (Print)
IS  - 0014-3022 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
DP  - 1991
TI  - Clinical-electrophysiological correlations in a long-term case of subacute 
      sclerosing panencephalitis with partial clinical improvement.
PG  - 23-9
AB  - An electrophysiological follow-up was performed in a rare case of subacute 
      sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) that from the vegetative stage had an extremely 
      favourable course, lasting 4 years, in which clinical conditions passed, 
      according to the Risk and Haddad scale, from stage 3 to stage 1. In this period 
      of time, 5 CT scans and a series of EEGs, visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and 
      brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were performed to investigate the 
      correlation between clinical course and electrophysiological diagnostic data. The 
      results showed a significant improvement in diagnostic results, directly 
      correlated with the remission of clinical symptoms. Electrophysiological signs of 
      improvement in VEPs were obtained before observable improvement was seen on CT 
      scans. These results indicate that an accurate electrophysiological study 
      (through cerebral evoked potentials) has an important role in investigating 
      suspected cases of SSPE, in following the clinical evolution of this disease and 
      providing prognostic data.
FAU - Di Trapani, G
AU  - Di Trapani G
AD  - Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Mazza, S
AU  - Mazza S
FAU - Tomassetti, P
AU  - Tomassetti P
FAU - Pentimalli, L C
AU  - Pentimalli LC
FAU - Macchi, G
AU  - Macchi G
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Eur Neurol
JT  - European neurology
JID - 0150760
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Brain/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology
MH  - Electroencephalography
MH  - Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/physiology
MH  - Evoked Potentials, Visual/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
EDAT- 1991/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1159/000116630 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur Neurol. 1991;31(1):23-9. doi: 10.1159/000116630.