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Neurology Asia
;
: 113-115, 2008.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-628965
ABSTRACT
Parkinsonism due to an isolated lesion of the substantia nigra following a febrile illness is a rare entity. Anecdotal reports in the literature implicate substantia nigra as peculiarly susceptible to flaviviruses. Here we report a case of isolated substantia nigra involvement in a probable Japanese encephalitis patient who presented with post-encephalitic parkinsonism