Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Definition

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noun
An often fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system occurring chiefly in young people, caused by slow infection with a measles virus and characterized by progressive loss of mental and motor functions ending in dementia and paralysis.
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Synonyms:
  • Van Bogaert encephalitis
  • Dawson's encephalitis
  • Bosin's disease
  • subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
  • sclerosing leukoencephalitis
  • subacute inclusion body encephalitis
  • inclusion body encephalitis
  • SSPE

Origin of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

  • sclerosing from sclerose to harden back-formation from sclerosed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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