Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Introduction: Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Description of Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis (medical condition): A rare chronic form of brain inflammation that is associated with the measles virus. The patient usually appears to have a full recovery after the measles infection with symptoms developing usually between two and eight years after the infection. The condition tends to affect children and young adults mainly. The disease process involves the degeneration of the protective nerve sheaths (myelin) in the brain. Measles immunization is the most effective way of preventing the development of this complication of measles.

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Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis: SYN: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
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Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis: 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.
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Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis:

• Sclerosing leukoencephalitis
• Subacute
• Leukoencephalitis

Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis as a "rare disease".

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Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis as a Disease

Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis (medical condition): See Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis (disease information).
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Terms associated with Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis:

Terms Similar to Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis:

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

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Broader terms for Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

• panencephalitis

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Hierarchical classifications of Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

The following list attempts to classify Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• panencephalitis
• cephalitis,encephalitis,phrenitis
• inflammation,redness,rubor
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

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