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  • Title: Atypical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in 3 patients.
    Author: Moodie JW, Philcox D, Naudé WD, Lipper S, Kipps A.
    Journal: S Afr Med J; 1980 Dec 13; 58(24):968-71. PubMed ID: 7444699.
    Abstract:
    Experience with some of our patients suggests that the diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) may be made early and confirmed by the demonstration of high levels of measles complement-fixing antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum, in the absence of classic clinical, electroencephalographic or brain biopsy support for the diagnosis. It is not known when the measles-specific antibodies first appear in the CSF, but these 3 atypical cases suggest that they were present in high titre early in the disease.
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