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Abstract
An inflammatory process involving the brain (ENCEPHALITIS) and meninges (MENINGITIS), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions.
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- Cerebromeningitis
- Encephalomeningitis
- Cerebromeningitides
- Encephalomeningitides
- Meningoencephalitides
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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, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with specific infection term (IM) or other cause (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Meningoencephalitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008590. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008590
- Meningoencephalitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningoencephalitis
- Meningoencephalitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2346415