encephalitis lethargica
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Around the same time, cases of a new brain-attacking disease called encephalitis lethargica started to emerge, affecting up to one million people worldwide.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023
On its surface, it was the story of patients who suffered from a sleeping sickness known as encephalitis lethargica.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2015
After attending medical school and practicing in Britain, he moved to the United States in the early 1960s where he studied a group of people who contracted encephalitis lethargica.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2015
The film took what could have been a creepy Beauty and the Beast type premise and crafted a thoughtful and moving film that turned zombies into a heartbreaking metaphor for encephalitis lethargica.
From Forbes • Jun. 3, 2015
The same phenomenon of "rousing," larval in Knauer's cases, is often well marked in encephalitis lethargica and is, of course, a pathognomonic symptom of delirium.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
