Western equine encephalitis with rapid onset of parkinsonism
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 27 (11) , 1095
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.27.11.1095
Abstract
A patient with confirmed western equine encephalitis had the rapid onset of postencephalitic parkinsonian sequelae. This observation corroborates similar previous but rare reports. Response to therapy with levodopa, dopa decarboxylase inhibitor, and trihexyphenidyl was dramatic. However, remission maintained for 12 months without medication suggests that the parkinsonism would have remitted spontaneously. In either case, this has not previously been reported with the western equine togavirus.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Neurologic sequelae of Japanese B encephalitisNeurology, 1961
- Western Equine and St. Louis EncephalitisNeurology, 1955