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Experts believe this condition is a form of measles encephalitis (swelling of the brain), caused by an improper response by the immune system to the measles virus. The condition begins with behavioral changes, memory loss, irritability, and probl...
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Blindness can occur. In the final stages of the disease, a patient with SSPE may become mute and can lapse into a coma.Monitoring the electrical activity of the brain has shown that SSPE causes disruptions that are consistent with the deterioratio...
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