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Inflammation of blood vessels within the central nervous system. Primary vasculitis is usually caused by autoimmune or idiopathic factors, while secondary vasculitis is caused by existing disease process. Clinical manifestations are highly variable but include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; behavioral alterations; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; and BRAIN INFARCTION. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp856-61)
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- Angiitis, Central Nervous System
- CNS Vasculitis
- Central Nervous System Angiitis
- Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
- Vasculitis, CNS
- Cerebral Angiitis
- Cerebral Vasculitis
- Granulomatous Angiitis
- Granulomatous Arteritis
- Postzoster Arteritis
- Primary CNS Vasculitis
- Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis
- Secondary CNS Vasculitis
- Vasculitis, CNS, Secondary
- Angiitis, Cerebral
- Angiitis, Granulomatous
- Arteritis, Granulomatous
- Arteritis, Postzoster
- CNS Vasculitis, Primary
- CNS Vasculitis, Secondary
- Vasculitis, Cerebral
- Vasculitis, Primary CNS
- Vasculitis, Secondary CNS
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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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2000
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- Brain Diseases (1966-1999)
- Cerebral Arterial Diseases (1965-1999)
- Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Central Nervous System Vasculitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020293. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020293
- Central Nervous System Vasculitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_vasculitis
- Central Nervous System Vasculitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191557