Chronic Vilyisk Encephalomyelitis: A brain disease caused by an unknown pathogen which is probably from the Picornavirus family of viruses. Mode of transmission is uncertain but genetic susceptibility may be involved. The incubation period appears to be an average of 15 years. The disease can be classified according to rate of progression: acute or subacute, slowly progressive and chronic. The chronic form tends not to have acute symptoms but present with symptoms similar to a milder, less progressive form of the later stages of the slowly progressive form. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chronic Vilyisk Encephalomyelitis is available below.
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Prognosis for Chronic Vilyisk Encephalomyelitis: The condition is not progressive and tends to stabilize after a period of deterioration. Patients my end up with varying degrees of disability but have a normal life span.
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