Disease believed to be caused by a viral illness that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra. Overall, this degeneration leads to clinical parkinsonism

Encephalitis lethargica : during and after the epidemic / edited by Joel A. Vilensky.

Awakenings.

Prisoners of the forgotten plague.

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Parkinson Disease, Postencephalitic

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Encephalitis lethargica : during and after the epidemic / edited by Joel A. Vilensky.

Awakenings.

Prisoners of the forgotten plague.

Awakenings.