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Descriptor
English
:
Encephalitis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Encefalitis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Encefalite
Synonyms
English
:
Inflammation, Brain
Rasmussen Syndrome
Tree Number:
C02.182.500
C10.228.140.430
C10.228.228.210.150
C10.228.228.245
Definition
English
:
Inflammation of the
BRAIN
due to
infection
, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions. Viral infections (see
ENCEPHALITIS
, VIRAL) are a relatively frequent cause of this condition.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
GEN; coord with specific organism /infection heading (IM) or other cause (IM); viral
encephalitis
=
ENCEPHALITIS
, VIRAL unless
ENCEPHALITIS
, ARBOVIRUS but see note there;
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
& specifics &
SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS
(see note there) are also available; DF: ENCEPH
See Related
English
:
Encephalomyelitis
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
4736
Unique Identifier:
D004660
Occurrence in VHL
:
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