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Subacute Sclerosing Leukoencephalitis

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a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults

MWE

Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
possessive
Subacute Sclerosing Leukoencephalitis's
pluralpossessive
Subacute Sclerosing Leukoencephalitises'