PMID- 3705924
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19860617
LR  - 20190814
IS  - 0001-6314 (Print)
IS  - 0001-6314 (Linking)
VI  - 73
IP  - 2
DP  - 1986 Feb
TI  - Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Italy. An epidemiological study.
PG  - 160-7
AB  - An epidemiological inquiry in Italy led to the collection of 207 cases of 
      subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) with onset during the decade 
      1972-1981, with a mean incidence rate of 0.37 cases per year per million total 
      population (CYMTP) and 1.24 cases per year per million young population aged 0-19 
      years (CYMYP). A striking difference was found among the 20 Italian regions, with 
      a minimum of no cases in three regions, and a maximum incidence of 2.46 CYMTP 
      (6.67 CYMYP) in Sardinia. The male/female ratio was 1.8/1. The mean age at SSPE 
      onset was 10.6 (+/- 4.0) years in Italy, and was significantly lower in Sardinia 
      (8.8 +/- 2.8). The mean age of measles was 2.8 +/- 1.7 years (in 106 cases), 
      significantly lower than the mean age of measles in the general population. 
      Moreover, the age of measles was significantly lower in males than in females, 
      and this could represent a factor contributing to the higher SSPE incidence in 
      males. The interval between measles and SSPE onset was significantly lower in 
      Sardinia (mean 5.6 +/- 2.5 years). In Italy, as in other Mediterranean countries, 
      SSPE incidence is higher than expected and unevenly distributed, suggesting that 
      environmental factors play a role.
FAU - Cianchetti, C
AU  - Cianchetti C
FAU - Ferrante, P
AU  - Ferrante P
FAU - Marrosu, M G
AU  - Marrosu MG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Denmark
TA  - Acta Neurol Scand
JT  - Acta neurologica Scandinavica
JID - 0370336
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Italy
MH  - Male
MH  - Measles/epidemiology
MH  - Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis/*epidemiology
EDAT- 1986/02/01 00:00
MHDA- 1986/02/01 00:01
CRDT- 1986/02/01 00:00
PHST- 1986/02/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1986/02/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1986/02/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb03258.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Neurol Scand. 1986 Feb;73(2):160-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb03258.x.