SSPE

1. subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Example Sentences

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

An additional suprising finding is that Asians are disproportionately affected by SSPE, Cherry said.

From Washington Post

Twenty-four cases involved children under age 2 who are now at risk of developing the always-fatal SSPE, said Jennifer Zipprich of the California Department of Public Health.

From Washington Post