subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Noun

• 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

Related words

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