SSPE

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1. subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

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Example Sentences

Of the cases reported following the measles resurgence that ended in 1991, one in every 609 children under the age of 12 months at the time they contracted measles eventually came down with SSPE.

From Salon

There can also be long-term complications from measles, such as SSPE, which stands for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

From Los Angeles Times

And a complication known as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, may emerge from dormancy years later.

From Washington Post

When they extrapolated out from the relationship between the cases of measles and the cases of SSPE, they found that for children under a year, the rate was 1 in 600.

From New York Times

Babies younger than that can be infected with measles and later develop this complication, which is called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE.

From Washington Post