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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE)

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE)
Years after a measles infection the virus can still cause an infection of the retina, and occasionally the choroid, with lymphocytic infiltration and necrosis. This fundus shows scarring of retina. R.L. Font, AFIP-Collection, Washington
Naumann, G.O.H., Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Erlangen, Germany
B05.8
Systemic Diseases -> Infections -> Virus -> Measles
systemic disease, virus
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