Diseases

Brain Diseases

Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.

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Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.

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  • Brain Disorders
  • CNS Disorders, Intracranial
  • Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial
  • Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders
  • Encephalon Diseases
  • Intracranial CNS Disorders
  • Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders
  • Brain Disease
  • Brain Disorder
  • CNS Disorder, Intracranial
  • Encephalon Disease
  • Intracranial CNS Disorder
  • Encephalopathy
  • Encephalopathies

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brain Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001927. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001927
  2. Brain Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalopathy
  3. Brain Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576349