Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: A rare brain disease involving destruction of blood vessel walls, hemorrhages and swelling in the brain. The disease may be associated with a virus or vaccination. The disease can progress rapidly and death is common but treatment can result in complete recovery in some cases. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis is available below.
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Prognosis for Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: death or permanent neurological impairment is common but treatment can result in complete recovery
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Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis, or a subtype of Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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