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panencephalitis

DEFINITIONS OF: panencephalitis

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n diffuse inflammation of the entire brain

Types:
Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, SSPE, Van Bogaert encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
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
rubella panencephalitis
a rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents; associated with the rubella virus
Type of:
cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis
inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
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