Clinical features
Features develop between 4 and 10 years after the original infection, and are attributed to progressive, sclerosing demyelination with severe neurological impairment and include:
- mental deterioration - regression of abilities with dementia
- strange behaviour
- convulsions
- myoclonic jerks, which are generalised, repetative and occur at five to ten second intervals
- pyramidal signs, with cerebellar ataxia
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