PARA-ENCEPHALITIC PARKINSONISM
Report of an Acute Case Due to Coxsackie Virus Type B 2 and Re-Examination of the Etiologic Concepts of Postencephalitic Parkinsonism
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CHARLES M. POSER
Division of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.; and Virus Disease Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Charles M. Poser, M.D., Dept. of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorCAROLYN J. HUNTLEY
Division of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.; and Virus Disease Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorJACK D. POLAND
Division of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.; and Virus Disease Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
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CHARLES M. POSER
Division of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.; and Virus Disease Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Charles M. Poser, M.D., Dept. of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorCAROLYN J. HUNTLEY
Division of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.; and Virus Disease Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorJACK D. POLAND
Division of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.; and Virus Disease Section, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
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