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... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Injuries > Brain Injuries, Diffuse > Diffuse Axonal Injury
... > Wounds and Injuries > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Brain Injuries > Brain Injuries, Diffuse > Diffuse Axonal Injury
... > Nervous System Diseases > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Brain Injuries > Brain Injuries, Diffuse > Diffuse Axonal Injury

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Diffuse Axonal Injury  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Axonal Injury, Diffuse
  • DAI (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
  • DAIs (Diffuse Axonal Injury)

Scope note

  • A relatively common sequela of blunt head injury, characterized by a global disruption of axons throughout the brain. Associated clinical features may include NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; DEMENTIA; and other disorders.

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020833

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