subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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subacute sclerosing panencephalitis Definition

• (n) a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis Synonyms

• Bosin's disease
• Dawson's encephalitis
• inclusion body encephalitis
• sclerosing leukoencephalitis
• SSPE
• subacute inclusion body encephalitis
• subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
• subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
• Van Bogaert encephalitis