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A condition characterized by long-standing brain dysfunction or damage, usually of three months duration or longer. Potential etiologies include BRAIN INFARCTION; certain NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ANOXIA, BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; certain NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; metabolic disorders (see BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC); and other conditions.
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- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Chronic Encephalopathy
- Encephalopathy, Chronic
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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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coord with specific condition causing damage if pertinent
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- National Library of Medicine. Chronic Brain Damage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001925. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001925
- Chronic Brain Damage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18975024