ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ECONOMO'S DISEASE
Named after K. von Economo (1876–1931), Austrian neurologist.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECONOMO'S DISEASE»
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Economo's disease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Economo's disease and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
For instance, in a large influenza epidemic at Camp Dix, New Jersey, in 1918,
during which 6000 persons developed influenza and 800 died, there were no
concurrent cases of von Economo's disease [33]. Large population movements,
as ...
Avindra Nath, Joseph R. Berger, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to ...
Further reading: McMichael, ed., Health in the Third World: Studies from Vietnam;
Paul, A History of Poliomyelitis. von Economo's Disease See ENCEPHALITIS
LETHARGICA (VON ECONOMO'S DISEASE) EPIDEMIC OF 1915–26.
Walcheren ...
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Handbook of Parkinson's
Disease, Fifth Edition
FIGURE 1.34 Postencephalitic parkinsonism of von Economo's disease. Among
the late sequelae of von Economo's disease, parkinsonism was particularly
common. Von Economo wrote: “the amyostatic—akinetic form...characterized by
a ...
Rajesh Pahwa, Kelly E. Lyons Ph.D., 2013
In all, 27 of his publications concerned encephalitis lethargica, including a book
published in his last years.3 Von Economo's disease was the first epidemic of
encephalitis to be clearly recognized and described. It raged in Europe and North
...
Robert H. Wilkins, Irwin A. Brody, 1997
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A Dictionary of Biomedicine
Economo's disease (von Economo's disease) See ENCEPHALITIS. Eco RI, Rll
Type II 'restriction endonucleases isolated from 'Escherichia coli. EcoRl cuts the
sequence GAATTC between G and A, EcoRll cuts the sequence CC(T/A)GG in ...
John Lackie, Christopher O'Callaghan, 2010
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Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment
... 95 degenerative changes, 95–96 in multiple system atrophy, 96 patient history,
93–94 posterior glottis, 98 sleep-induced paradoxical movement, 98 symptoms,
96 treatment, 99–101 Von Economo's disease. See Encephalitis lethargica (ED)
...
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Parkinson's
Disease and Movement Disorders
Epidemic encephalitis lethargica (von Economo's disease) is believed to be
caused by an as yet unidentified transmissible agent. During the 1919-1926
pandemic, millions of people died, and, of the survivors, thousands more
developed an ...
Joseph Jankovic, Eduardo Tolosa, 2007
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The Dictionary of Psychology
See ECONOMO'S DISEASE. HYPERSOMNIA. encephalitis lethargica
Inflammation of the hrain caused hy infection with trypanosoma gamhiense
through the hite of die tse-tse fly. Residual psychological and physical symptoms
are often noted ...
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The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and ...
... enfermedad (0 de Duchenne - Duchenne disease enfermedad (0 de
Duchenne-Aran - Duchenne-Aran disease enfermedad (0 de Durante - Durante's
disease enfermedad (0 de Economo - Economo's disease enfermedad (0 de
Engelmann ...
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Parkinson’s
Disease and Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and ...
... cause parkinsonism, as discussed in the section on structural lesions of the
brain. most important was postencephalitic parkinsonism due to the epidemic
occurrence of encephalitis lethargica (von Economo's disease) from 19 19 to
1926.
Charles H. Adler, J. Eric Ahlskog, 2000
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECONOMO'S DISEASE»
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Economo's disease is used in the context of the following news items.
Stanley M. Aronson: A year to remember
... speechless, somnolent, subject to abnormal spasms and frequent statue-like immobility — is now sometimes called von Economo's disease. «The Providence Journal, May 14»
Hunting the 1918 Flu
... known also as von Economo's disease, epidemic encephalitis, and sleeping sickness,16 appeared suddenly in Austria and France, perhaps ... «Globe and Mail, Sep 09»
