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Encephalitis lethargica : during and after the epidemic / edited by Joel A. Vilensky.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemic encephalitis--Epidemiology.
- Epidemic encephalitis.
- Epidemic encephalitis--History.
- Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease--Epidemiology.
- Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease.
- Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Encephalitis Lethargica: During and After the Epidemic is akin to a detective novel about a major medical mystery that remains unsolved. During the 1920s and 1930s a strange, very polymorphic condition affected much of the world although not at the same time everywhere and certainly not with the same symptoms. This condition, encephalitis lethargica, could cause death in a short period, or a Rip Van Winkle type of sleep that might last days, weeks or months, but could also, surprisingly, cause insomnia. Its symptoms were thought to encompass almost anything imaginable, which made its diagnosis
- Contents:
- Encephalitis lethargica during the epidemic period / Joel A. Vilensky and Sid Gilman
- Epidemiology of encephalitis lethargica / Dana Marlowe ... [et al.]
- Encephalitis lethargica-like disorders prior to von Economo / Paul B. Foley
- Post epidemic period encephalitis lethargica / Joel A. Vilensky ... [et al.]
- Transmissibility (contagiousness) of encephalitis lethargica / Joel A. Vilensky
- Secondary (chronic) EL / Joel A. Vilensky and Sid Gilman
- Oliver sacks, awakenings, and postencephalitic parkinsonism / Joel A. Vilensky, Roger C. Duvoisin, and Sid Gilman
- Etiology / Joel A. Vilensky and Sherman McCall
- Neuropathology of acute and chronic encephalitis lethargica / Joel A. Vilensky ... [et al.]
- Self-reports of encephalitis lethargica / Joel A. Vilensky, Judith Cameron, and Roger C. Duvoisin
- Final thoughts / Joel A. Vilensky and Sid Gilman.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045220-X
- 1-282-95315-X
- 9786612953156
- 0-19-970298-5
- OCLC:
- 697174362
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