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A general term indicating inflammation of the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD, often used to indicate an infectious process, but also applicable to a variety of autoimmune and toxic-metabolic conditions. There is significant overlap regarding the usage of this term and ENCEPHALITIS in the literature.
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4 entry terms
- Myeloencephalitis
- Myeloencephalitides
- Encephalomyelitis, Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Encephalomyelitis
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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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific organism/infection term (IM) or other cause (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Encephalomyelitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004679. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004679
- Encephalomyelitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalomyelitis
- Encephalomyelitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634879