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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

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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
inclusion body encephalitissclerosing leukoencephalitissubacute inclusion body encephalitissubacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
possessive
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis's
pluralpossessive
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitises'