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Detailed Synonyms for Dawson's encephalitis in English

Dawson's encephalitis:

Dawson's encephalitis [the ~] noun

  1. the Dawson's 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 1
    the subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; the Dawson's encephalitis; the subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; the SSPE; the Van Bogaert encephalitis; the inclusion body encephalitis; the sclerosing leukoencephalitis; the subacute inclusion body encephalitis; the Bosin's disease
    – 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 1

Related Definitions for "Dawson's encephalitis":

  1. 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 years1

Related Synonyms for Dawson's encephalitis