3 Nelson D A, Weiner A, Yanoff M, DePeralta J. Retinal lesions in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Arch Ophthalmol 1970; 84: 613-21. 4 Andriola M, Karlsberg R 0. Maculopathy in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Am J Dis Child 1972; 124: 187-9. 5 Cape C A, Martinez J, Robertson J T, Hamilton R, Jabbour J T. Adult onset of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Arch Neurol 1973; 28: 124-7. 6...

3 Nelson D A, Weiner A, Yanoff M, DePeralta J. Retinal lesions in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Arch Ophthalmol 1970; 84: 613-21. 4 Andriola M, Karlsberg R 0. Maculopathy in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Am J Dis Child 1972; 124: 187-9. 5 Cape C A, Martinez J, Robertson J T, Hamilton R, Jabbour J T. Adult onset of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Arch Neurol 1973; 28: 124-7. 6...

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is caused by persistent brain infection of mutated virus, showing inflammation, neurodegeneration, and demyelination. Although many factors are emphasized in the pathogenesis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, the exact mechanism of neurodegeneration remains unknown. Micro-RNAs are small, noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the posttranscript...

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by persistent mutant measles virus infection. The diagnosis of SSPE is based on characteristic clinical and EEG findings and demonstration of elevated antibody titres against measles in cerebrospinal fluid. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis can have atypical clinical features at the ...

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a chronic and fatal disease of the central nervous system. Most patients present with progressive psychointellectual disturbances. A 14-month-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of left-sided hemiparesis. During hospitalization, focal and generalized seizures occurred. The electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed that periodic lateralized discharges c...

During a period of 7 years (1997-2003) we were received pairs of serum and CSF of 27 suspicious clinically cases from neurology department of several hospitals in Tehran. Among them 7 were serologically positive for progressive rubella panencephalitis (PRPE) and 2 were positive for sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Rubella virus was isolated from 4 of 7 serologically positive cases o...

Abbreviations: MMR: Measles, Mumps and Rubella; WHO: World Health Organization; SSPE: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis; PAHO: Pan American Health Organization; CRS: Congenital Rubella Syndrome; MR: Measles-Rubella; GSK: GlaxoSmithKline; EZ: Edmonston Zagreb; CEF: Chicken Embryo Fibroblast; IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; SSPE: Subacute Sclero...

during a period of 7 years (1997-2003) we were received pairs of serum and csf of 27 suspicious clinically cases from neurology department of several hospitals in tehran. among them 7 were serologically positive for progressive rubella panencephalitis (prpe) and 2 were positive for sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis (sspe). rubella virus was isolated from 4 of 7 serologically positive cases o...

We describe the clinical presentation and clinical course of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a 13-year-old previously healthy boy who recently immigrated to the United States from Iraq. He presented with macular retinopathy, followed by progressive myoclonus and encephalopathy. After extensive workup, a diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis was suspected by the presence of per...

The MR findings in three patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis were reviewed and compared with CT findings in the same patients. Long-T2 lesions were demonstrated in each case, although their distribution varied with the clinical stage of the disease. MR, especially T2-weighted imaging, appears to be of great utility in the assessment of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.