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REPORT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CASE

MAURICE BRODIE, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1934;48(1):57-68.

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The existence of polioencephalitis has been doubted, and its definition has varied from Strümpell's¹ original description of cases entirely cerebral in character to that of encephalospinal or even bulbar forms of the disease. Wickman,² Peabody, Draper and Dochez,³ Rothman⁴ and others who have discussed the subject did not restrict the term entirely to an encephalitic syndrome but also included cases showing mainly cerebral manifestations or combined lesions of the upper and lower motor neurons and thought to be due to the virus of poliomyelitis. Wickman² cited cases of combined spastic and flaccid paralysis in the same person as possible examples of cerebral poliomyelitis, and Peabody, Draper and Dochez³ stated:

It will often, however, be hard to draw a hard and fast line between what shall be called spinal and what cerebral cases. Clinically as well as pathologically, the types must merge. It would seem . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MONTREAL, CANADA

Department of Bacteriology, McGill University.

Footnotes
This research was made possible through a grant received from the trustees of the Banting Research Foundation.

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