Encephalomyelitis

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Related Terms 5 Scope Note 6 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

acute disseminated encephalitis

Broader Terms

central nervous system disorder

Narrower Terms

experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

Related Terms

infectious encephalomyelitis

Scope Note

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.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is the term patients generally prefer in Canada, the UK and Australia, it means myalgia (muscle pain) plus inflammation of the brain and nerves (encephalomyelitis).
• Protective DNA vaccination against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is associated with induction of IFNbeta.
• Published by Oxford University Press 2006 Recovery from experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is TGF- dependent and associated with increases in CD4+LAP+ and CD4+CD25+ T cells Xingmin Zhang1, Jayagopala Reddy1, Hirofumi Ochi1, Dan Frenkel1, Vijay K.
• 5, 2005 Importance Enterovirus encephalomyelitis is a neurologic disease of pigs caused by at least nine serotypes of porcine enterovirus.
• Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is inhibited in transgenic mice expressing human C-reactive protein.

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