| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:8970 |
| PURL | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8970 Copy |
| Name | subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
| Definition | A viral encephalitis that has_material_basis_in persistent central nervous system infection of the wild-type measles virus (Morbillivirus hominis) characterized by onset of personality or behavioral changes and intellectual deterioriation years after initial infection, followed by progressive decline in motor function, akinetic mutism or coma, and death. Higher incidence or shorter latency periods may be observed in those initially infected under the age of 2 or in cases of intrafamilial transmission. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_sclerosing_panencephalitis, https://doi.org/10.1542/9781610027373-S3_012_002, https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001419.htm, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6450100/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14872030/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560673/ |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:192685000 |
| SKOS |
exactMatch GARD:7708 exactMatch ICD10CM:A81.1 exactMatch ICD9CM:046.2 exactMatch MESH:D013344 exactMatch MIM:260470 exactMatch NCI:C85171 exactMatch ORDO:2806 exactMatch UMLS_CUI:C0038522 |
| Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
Dawson's encephalitis [EXACT] Dawson's inclusion body encephalitis [EXACT] SSPE [EXACT] subacute sclerosing leukoencephalopathy [EXACT] Van Bogaert's sclerosing leukoencephalitis [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a viral encephalitis |