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A1 ROBEY WH, Jr., CARO H
T1 NEurologic sequelae following acute respiratory infections
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD August 9
VO 73
IS 6
SP 413
OP 416
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610320037010
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610320037010
AB The etiologic factor in the cases cited in this report was difficult to determine and has caused some doubt as to the most appropriate title for the paper. The first case occurred during a period when a small number of cases developed in the camp characterized by a general bronchitis and malaise. The illness was mild, and many cases were so slight that the patients were cared for by the regimental surgeons and were not sent to the base hospital. The initial illness in the first case of the report was apparently mild, and the patient was not admitted until four weeks later, when the neurologic symptoms appeared. The second case appeared during an epidemic which lasted for about six weeks, and existed in several army camps in this country and Europe. For lack of a better name, and because of our ignorance of the etiology, it was called "three