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    Encephalitis lethargica is an atypical form of encephalitis. Also known as "sleeping sickness" or "sleepy sickness" (distinct from tsetse fly–transmitted...
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    The encephalitis lethargica epidemic lasted from around 1918 to 1930. The cause is still unknown. Though the cause was once attributed to the coinciding...
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    though the cause of encephalitis lethargica is not currently known. From 1917 to 1928, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica occurred worldwide. People...
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    neurologist of Romanian origin. He is mostly known for his discovery of encephalitis lethargica and his atlas of cytoarchitectonics of the cerebral cortex. Constantin...
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    epidemic of encephalitis lethargica, as it appears, he was investigating this disorder. This epidemic involved inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), and...
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  • coprolalia seen in tic disorders, but has been seen in people with encephalitis lethargica, alcohol use disorder, and carbon monoxide poisoning. It was first...
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  • Historically, starting in 1917 an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica, also called von Economo's encephalitis or "sleepy-disease" occurred, possibly related...
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  • it to catatonic patients who survived the 1919–1930 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients are...
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    Ravenholt, R. T; Foege, WilliamH (1982-10-16). "1918 Influenza, Encephalitis Lethargica, Parkinsonism". The Lancet. Originally published as Volume 2, Issue...
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    many as 675,000 Americans. Between 1915 and 1926, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica spread around the world affecting nearly five million people. 8...
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  • the life histories of those who had been victims of the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic. Sacks chronicles his efforts in the late 1960s to help...
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  • She also made significant contributions to the understanding of encephalitis lethargica. Lévy was born in Paris on 11 January 1886 to Mina Marie Lang (1851–1903)...
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  • infection if it doesn't resolve normally. Clinical depression Encephalitis lethargica Sleep apnea Sleep deprivation Somnolence Tindall, Suzie C. (1990)...
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    worked with a group of survivors of the 1920s sleeping sickness encephalitis lethargica, who had been unable to move on their own for decades. His treatment...
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    in populations. The flu has also been linked to the outbreak of encephalitis lethargica in the 1920s. Survivors faced an elevated mortality risk. Some...
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  • with similar behavioral problems who had survived the epidemic of encephalitis lethargica from 1917 to 1918 and the pandemic of influenza from 1919 to 1920...
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  • follows: Respiratory arrest and cerebral hypoxia Acute cases of encephalitis lethargica Meningitis Hydrocephalus Trauma Tumors Aneurysms Olfactory groove...
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    Enterococcus spp. Presumably, diplococcus has been implicated in encephalitis lethargica. Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Betaproteobacteria Order: Neisseriales...
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    (1889–1890) Sixth cholera pandemic (1899–1923) Spanish flu (1918–1920) encephalitis lethargica epidemic (1919–1930) Asian flu (1957–1958) Seventh cholera pandemic...
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    dystonia parkinsonism (Lubag syndrome) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Encephalitis lethargica HIV infection and AIDS Evidence exists to show a link between exposure...
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  • years 1969 American Fell into a catatonic stupor resulting from encephalitis lethargica. In 1969, Dr. Oliver Sacks managed to awaken him and a few other...
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    Brain Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic...
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    (1889–1890) Sixth cholera pandemic (1899–1923) Spanish flu (1918–1920) encephalitis lethargica epidemic (1919–1930) Asian flu (1957–1958) Seventh cholera pandemic...
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    LCV Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Arbovirus encephalitis Orthomyxoviridae (probable) Encephalitis lethargica RV Rabies Chandipura vesiculovirus Herpesviral...
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    Brain Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic...
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  • cortical blindness is most often caused by perinatal ischemic stroke, encephalitis, and meningitis. Rarely, a patient with acquired cortical blindness may...
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  • work sleep disorder Circadian rhythm Delayed sleep phase disorder Encephalitis lethargica Lethargy Morgan, M. Y. (2010). Alteration in Circadian Rhythms...
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  • those afflicted in Salem who claimed to have been bewitched, had encephalitis lethargica, a disease whose symptoms match some of what was reported in Salem...
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  • (1889–1890) Sixth cholera pandemic (1899–1923) Spanish flu (1918–1920) encephalitis lethargica epidemic (1919–1930) Asian flu (1957–1958) Seventh cholera pandemic...
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    S2CID 26254893. Dale RC, Webster R, Gill D (November 2007). "Contemporary encephalitis lethargica presenting with agitated catatonia, stereotypy, and dystonia-parkinsonism"...
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