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Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Encephalomyelitis
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Encephalomyelitis
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Neuroinflammatory Diseases > Encephalomyelitis
Nervous System Diseases > Neuroinflammatory Diseases > Encephalomyelitis

Preferred term

Encephalomyelitis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Myeloencephalitides
  • Myeloencephalitis

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific organism/infection term (IM) or other cause (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • enkefalomyeliitti

    Finnish

  • aivo-selkäydintulehdus
  • aivojen ja selkäytimen tulehdus
  • encephalomyelitis
  • myelenkefaliitti
  • myeloencephalitis
  • Encefalomyelit

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004679

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