ABSTRACT
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a late-onset and fatal viral disease caused by persistent infection of the central nervous system by measles virus (MeV). We present the case of a 10-year-old child from South Asia affected by SSPE, stabilized with a combination of intrathecal interferon-α2b (INF-α2b) injections and oral inosiplex and how we continued the treatment when inosiplex was commercially stopped worldwide.
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Authors contributions
Renan Le Cras and Roseline Mazet wrote and prepared the original draft. Fanny Dubois-Teklali and Cécile Sabourdy: diagnosis, neuroradiological evaluations of the patient. All authors contributed to the draft of the manuscript and they all read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. Thanks to Paul Granger for his help in reading the MRI images.