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DeCS
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
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
4736
Unique Identifier:
D004660
Occurrence in VHL
:
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