English noun: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis | |||
1. | subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (state) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, SSPE, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, Van Bogaert encephalitis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | panencephalitis | ||