Encephalomyelitis
"Encephalomyelitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004679
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.228.291 C10.228.440
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