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MeSH Heading: Encephalitis
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.430; C10.586.250
Unique ID: D004660
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004660
Annotation: general, note specifics particularly INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS and ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL
Scope Note: Inflammation of the BRAIN due to infection, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions. Viral infections (see ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL) are a relatively frequent cause of this condition.
Entry Version: ENCEPH
Entry Term(s): Brain Inflammation; Encephalitis, Rasmussen; Inflammation, Brain; Rasmussen Encephalitis; Rasmussen Syndrome; Rasmussen's Syndrome
NLM Classification #: WL 351
See Also: Encephalomyelitis
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0334837
Terms: Rasmussen Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T367440
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Encephalitis, Rasmussen
Term UI T367442
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Rasmussen Encephalitis
Term UI T367443
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Rasmussen's Syndrome
Term UI T367444
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Encephalitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024