Post-encephalitic parkinsonism
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Post-encephalitic parkinsonism
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Post-encephalitic parkinsonism is a disease believed to be caused by a viral illness that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra. Overall, this degeneration leads to clinical parkinsonism. Historically, starting in 1917 an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica, also called von Economo's encephalitis or "sleepy-disease" occurred, possibly related to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic; however, even with the use of modern molecular diagnostic tests on appropriate corpses, no fir
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-encephalitic_parkinsonism
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2024-04-16T18:01:51Z
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