Encephalitis Lethargica: During and After the Epidemic examines the mystery surrounding the 1920s epidemic of encephalitis lethargica and its sequel, post encephalitic Parkinsonism. The book also critically examines all of the cases of encephalitis lethargica that have been reported since the epidemic period. INDICE: Title Page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Prologue (Steele); Foreword (Sacks); Preface (Vilensky); 1: Introduction (Vilensky/Gilman); 2: Encephalitis Lethargica During the Epidemic Period (Vilensky/Gilman); 3: Epidemiology (Marlowe/Owens/Vilensky/Cook); 4: Pre-1917 History of Encephalitis Lethargica (Foley/Stevens); 5: Post Epidemic Period Encephalitis Letharigca (Vilensky/Duvoisin/Mukhamedzyanov); 6: Transmissibility (Contagiousness) of Encephalitis Lethargica (Vilensky/Owen); 7: Chronic Encephalitis Lethargica: Postencephalitic Parkinsonism (Vilensky/Gilman); 8: Oliver Sacks, Awakenings and Postencephalitic Parkinsonism (VilenskyDuvoisin/Gilman); 9: Etiologyof Encephalitis Lethargica (Vilensky/McCall); 10: Neuropathology of Acute andChronic Encephalitis Lethargica (Vilensky/Anderson/Duvoisin/Josephs/ Mukhamedzyanov); 11: Self-Reports of Acute and Chronic Encephalitis Lethargica (Vilensky/Cameron/Duvoisin); 12: Conclusions (Vilensky/Gilman)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-537830-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés