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G Dick

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PubMed1986

Is multiple sclerosis caused by an oral spirochaete?

Evidence of a direct link between chronic sinusitis and multiple sclerosis (MS) prompted examination of the old "spirochaetal hypothesis". This hypothesis has not been shown to be erroneous and a spirochaetal infection of the central nervous system could explain the specific pathological, immunological, and epidemiological features of MS.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1986

Multiple sclerosis associated with sinusitis: case-controlled study in general practice.

In an analysis of general practice records the rate of chronic sinusitis was significantly greater in 92 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in matched controls (p less than 0.0001). MS and chronic sinus infection were also significantly associated in the timing of attacks, in the age at which patients suffered their attacks, and in the seasonal pattern of attacks.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is now considered to be caused by measles virus. There are four diagnostic criteria, namely the clinical picture, a characteristic EEG, serology of serum and CSF and brain histology. A register of cases in the U.K. has been kept since 1971, and up to September 1977, ninety-six patients have been reported. The male/female ratio is 2 : 1. The disease most commonly affects children between the ages of nine and eleven years who usually have had measles at a very early age. The average delay between the measles infection and onset of SSPE was 6.8 years and of the thirty-four patients known to have died the average survival times was 1.2 years. There are still many questions about the pathogenesis and epidemiology of SSPE that have yet to be answered.

Child↗