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'Locked-in Syndrome'for 27 Years Following a Viral Illness:Clinical and Pathologic Findings
Neurol 41:498-500, Thadani,V.M.,et al, 1991
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Article Abstract
We describe a man who,after a presumed encephalitic illness,was"locked-in" for 27 years.His CT and autopsy findings showed atrophy of the brainstem and a cystic lesion at the base of the pons.He survived longer than most other patients in a similar state.
 
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