Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: Introduction
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis:
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
(SSPE) is caused by a reaction to the measles virus.
It can occur anywhere
from 2 to 10 years after the ... more about Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis.
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A progressive neurological disorder involving inflammation of the brain caused by a complication of the measles virus. It can occur up to 10 years after the initial measles virus and may be due to a defective immune response to the virus or a reactivation of the virus.
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death usually occurs in 1 to 3 years usually due to pneumonia but remissions can occur
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
(SSPE) is caused by a reaction to the measles virus.
It can occur anywhere
from 2 to 10 years after the original measles illness, and generally
results in progressive neurological deterioration due to brain
inflammation.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis:
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.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
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
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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