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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Chronic Disease > Brain Damage, Chronic
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Damage, Chronic

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Brain Damage, Chronic  

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Entry terms

  • Chronic Encephalopathy
  • Encephalopathy, Chronic

Note

  • coord with specific condition causing damage if pertinent

Scope note

  • A condition characterized by long-standing brain dysfunction or damage, usually of three months duration or longer. Potential etiologies include BRAIN INFARCTION; certain NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ANOXIA, BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; certain NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; metabolic disorders (see BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC); and other conditions.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001925

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