Diseases

Neuritis

A general term indicating inflammation of a peripheral or cranial nerve. Clinical manifestation may include PAIN; PARESTHESIAS; PARESIS; or HYPESTHESIA.

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A general term indicating inflammation of a peripheral or cranial nerve. Clinical manifestation may include PAIN; PARESTHESIAS; PARESIS; or HYPESTHESIA.

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15 entry terms
  • Neuritis, Peripheral
  • Neuritides
  • Neuritides, Peripheral
  • Peripheral Neuritides
  • Peripheral Neuritis
  • Neuritis, Motor
  • Neuritis, Sensory
  • Polyneuritis
  • Motor Neuritides
  • Motor Neuritis
  • Neuritides, Motor
  • Neuritides, Sensory
  • Polyneuritides
  • Sensory Neuritides
  • Sensory Neuritis

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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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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with specific nerve disease or specific nerve (IM); do not confuse with NEURITES, a hairlike projection of a neuron & in French & other foreign titles do not confuse "neurite" referring to a neurite (i.e., NEURITES) with "nevrite" meaning neuritis; neuritis of optic nerve = OPTIC NEURITIS; retrobulbar neuritis = OPTIC NEURITIS; SMON (subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy) is indexed OPTIC NEURITIS (IM) + MYELITIS (IM) + SYNDROME (NIM)

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WL 544

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neuritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009443. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009443
  2. Neuritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuritis
  3. Neuritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2307256