Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Introduction: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Description of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (medical condition): 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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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: 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

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

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: CRISP

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: A rare, slowly progressive encephalitis caused by chronic infection with the MEASLES VIRUS. The condition occurs primarily in children and young adults, approximately 2-8 years after the initial infection. A gradual decline in intellectual abilities and behavioral alterations are followed by progressive MYOCLONUS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SEIZURES; DEMENTIA; autonomic dysfunction; and ATAXIA. DEATH usually occurs 1-3 years after disease onset. Pathologic features include perivascular cuffing, eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions, neurophagia, and fibrous gliosis. It is caused by the SSPE virus, which is a defective variant of MEASLES VIRUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp767-8).
Source: MeSH 2007

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Related Topics

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

• Subacute
• Panencephalitis

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: 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 panencephalitis as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis as a Disease

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (medical condition): See Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
  »Symptoms of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
  »Causes of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
  »Treatments for Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Related Diseases

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Brain conditions
• Brain infection

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Article Excerpts

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)

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)

More information on medical condition: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis:

• Information about Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• Basic Summary for Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• Causes of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• Symptoms of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• Treatments for Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis:

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Terms associated with Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis:

Terms Similar to Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis:

• Dawson's inclusion body encephalitis
• Measles inclusion body encephalitis
• SSPE
• van Bogaert's sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Source: Diseases Database

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

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Leukoencephalitis, Subacute Sclerosing
• Measles Inclusion Body Encephalitis
• Panencephalitis, Subacute Sclerosing
• SSPE
• Van Bogaert's Leukoencephalitis

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

• Encephalitis, Viral
• Measles
• Slow Virus Diseases

Source - MeSH 2007

• infectious encephalitis
• latent virus infection
• Paramyxoviridae disease
• viral myelinopathy

Source - CRISP

• panencephalitis

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis can be used for:

• Dawson's encephalitis
• subacute inclusion body encephalitis
• subacute sclerosing leukoencephalopathy
• van Bogaert's sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis:

• measles virus

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

The following list attempts to classify Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis 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

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Virus Diseases
  • Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
    • Encephalitis
      • Encephalitis, Viral
        • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Virus Diseases
  • Encephalitis, Viral
    • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Virus Diseases
  • RNA Virus Infections
    • Mononegavirales Infections
      • Paramyxoviridae Infections
        • Morbillivirus Infections
          • Measles
            • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Virus Diseases
  • Slow Virus Diseases
    • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nervous System Diseases
  • Central Nervous System Diseases
    • Central Nervous System Infections
      • Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
        • Encephalitis
          • Encephalitis, Viral
            • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Unspecified slow virus infection of central nervous system
• POLIOMYELITIS AND OTHER NON-ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL DISEASES OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

• Van Bogaert's encephalitis (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - PANENCEPHALITIS, SUBACUTE SCLEROSING

Source: Diseases Database

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