Abstract
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis is a chronic, persistent viral infection of the central nervous system caused by the wild-type measles virus. The disease presents a few years after the primary measles infection with behavioral changes, usually followed by myoclonus, akinesia, mutism, vegetative state, and death.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 187-189 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780123741059 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780123741011 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2010 |
Keywords
- Childhood myoclonus
- Chronic brain infection
- CNS infection
- CNS viral infection
- Demyelinating disease
- Early dementia
- Measles virus
- Periodic complexes
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
- Neuroscience(all)