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Resolving MRI abnormalities with progression of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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Serial MRI was performed on a 15 year old girl with Subacute Sclerosing Pan-encephalitis (SSPE). After a period of remission she entered a phase of progressive deterioration. A repeat MRI showed significant resolution of the previous abnormalities. Her pathology and MRI scans are discussed.

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  1. St Mary's Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    J. B. Winer & M. Rossor

  2. The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Birmingham, UK

    M. Pires, A. Kermode, L. Ginsberg & M. Rossor

  3. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

    J. B. Winer

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Winer, J.B., Pires, M., Kermode, A. et al. Resolving MRI abnormalities with progression of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Neuroradiology 33, 178–180 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588264

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