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Suspected SSPE – a Delayed Psychiatric Presentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter J. B. Mattinson
Peter J. B. Mattinson*
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital, Stannington, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6AA
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Abstract

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A case of suspected subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is described, presenting to a psychiatric hospital 39 years after a natural measles infection.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 116 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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