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R E Chen

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Novel measurement for automated interference pattern analysis of the diaphragm.

The automated interference pattern analysis for limb muscles was modified to take into account the unique features of the needle EMG of the diaphragm. The modification was successful in recording more accurately the number of small and large segments and the activity levels with inspiratory effort. "Clouds" were generated in ten healthy subjects. The techniques may prove useful in electrophysiological investigations.

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Immunosuppressive measles encephalitis.

A case of immunosuppressive measles (rubeola) encephalitis in a 12-year-old boy in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia is described. The patient presented with focal seizures which led to epilepsia partialis continua and then progressive obtundation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal abnormalities, predominantly in the cortex, that on light and electron microscopic examination were demonstrated to be highly localized areas of neuronal loss, gliosis, and secondary Wallerian degeneration with paramyxovirus inclusions in the oligodendrocytes and surviving neurons.

Brain↗