Noun: Van Bogaert encephalitis
- 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
"The neurologist diagnosed Van Bogaert encephalitis after observing the characteristic symptoms";
- subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, SSPE, inclusion body encephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis
Type of: panencephalitis