%0 Journal Article %A H M Johnston %A G A Wise %A J G Henry %T Visual deterioration as presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. %D 1980 %R 10.1136/adc.55.11.899 %J Archives of Disease in Childhood %P 899-901 %V 55 %N 11 %X A 7-year-old boy presented with deteriorating vision and macular degenerative changes. A month later he had developed unusual behaviour and increasing forgetfulness. An electroencephalogram showing periodic complexes, and high measles complement-fixation titres in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood, confirmed the diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Four months after the onset of visual symptoms he started having myoclonic jerks. %U https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/55/11/899.full.pdf