subacute sclerosing panencephalitis , SSPE (Abkürzung)

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - A rare disease of the brain caused by rubeola infection.

Another example is subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Measles can progress to subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

An example is Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a rare brain disease characterized by diminished intellectual function and loss of nervous function.

They are also observed at higher frequencies in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in these instances antibodies to measles shows expression and localization to the bodies.

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis was featured as a diagnosis in season 1 of the medical drama House, MD, episode 2 titled "Paternity"

It is most commonly used to treat the rare measles complication subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in conjunction with intrathecal interferon therapy, with promising results.

It could lurk undetected in a victim for seven or eight years, and then erupt again as a fatal brain disease called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE).

Thereby immune complexes were detected and quantitated in serum hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and malignancies.

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Chronic infection of the brain by a form of the measles virus causes subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

The adoption of ribavirin as a possible treatment for canine distemper followed the same steps as vitamin A; it was the principle used in cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis under measles.

Examples include the Visna-Maedi virus, in the genus Lentivirus (family Retroviridae), that causes encephalitis and chronic pneumonitis in sheep, and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis which is apparently caused by the measles virus.

These include deficiencies of vitamin B, folate or niacin, and infective causes including cryptococcal meningitis, HIV, Lyme disease, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, syphilis and Whipple's disease.

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare chronic, progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused by a persistent infection measles virus (which can be a result of a mutation of the virus itself).

Detecting vanishingly small quantities of nucleic acid has been achieved in the diagnosis of HIV infection and in such unusual applications as detecting measles virus RNA in brain biopsy specimens from patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Panencephalitis, Subacute Sclerosing SSPE Dawson's Disease Dawson's Encephalitis None Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of the brain (encephalitis).

Complications with measles are relatively common, ranging from the relatively mild and less serious ones like diarrhea to more serious ones such as pneumonia, otitis media, acute encephalitis (rarely SSPE - subacute sclerosing panencephalitis), and corneal ulceration (leading to corneal scarring).