[Diagnostic and prognostic significance of the antibodies to the myelin basic protein in acute neuroinfections in children].

The development of severe CNS damages including encephalitis is highly probable in some respiratory and exanthemata viral infections (measles, rubella, parotitis). A high level of IgG antibodies to the myelin basic protein was found in patients with parotitis meningitis and rubella encephalitis but it was not high in 80% of patients with encephalitis of the unclear etiology and in 25% of cases with rubella encephalitis. More accurate analysis of clinical, neurovisual and immunologic data revealed a link of appearance of such complications with both the presence of more pronounced demyelinization and prolongation of the disease.