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Abstract
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.
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7 entry terms
- Brain Inflammation
- Inflammation, Brain
- Brain Inflammations
- Encephalitis, Rasmussen
- Rasmussen Encephalitis
- Rasmussen Syndrome
- Rasmussen's Syndrome
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35 allowable subheadings
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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Indexing Annotation
general, note specifics particularly INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS and ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Encephalitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004660. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004660
- Encephalitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis
- Encephalitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199615