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disease > nervous system diseases > central nervous system diseases > cerebral disorder > Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
disease > infectious disease > viral disease > Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
disease > inflammatory disease > Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
... > disease > nervous system diseases > central nervous system diseases > cerebral disorder > encephalitis > panencephalitis > Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
... > disease > nervous system diseases > central nervous system diseases > cerebral disorder > leukoencephalitis > Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
disease > inflammatory disease > leukoencephalitis > Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Preferred term

Van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis  

Definition

  • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)—also known as Dawson disease—is a rare form of chronic progressive brain inflammation caused by slow infection with certain defective strains of hypermutated measles virus. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • subaute sclerosing panencephalitis

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-KRKLCRG3-P

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