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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: Diagnosis

 
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Blood tests and spinal fluid reveal high levels of antibodies to measles virus, and there is a characteristically abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG), or brain wave test. Typically, there is a history of measles infection two to ten years before symptoms begin.

— Carol A. Turkington



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