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Definition of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Panencephalitis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Literary usage of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Potential Transmission of Spongiform Encephalopathies to Humans: The Food edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"The kuru discovery also led us to recognize that fatal subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis is a delayed and slow measles virus infection; that transverse ..."
2. Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Children and edited by David Shaffer (1996)
"... 1100 cases of measles encephalitis and 30 cases of subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis avoided in the first instance; 1.5 million cases of rubella, ..."
3. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leona edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Treatment of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Treatment of chronic myelogenous
leukemia. Interferon alfa-2a (recombinant) Treatment of AIDS related ..."
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