ICD-9 code 046.2 for Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -POLIOMYELITIS AND OTHER NON-ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL DISEASES AND PRION DISEASES OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (045-049).
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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
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