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ID DOID:639
Name acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Definition An encephalomyelitis characterized by inflammation located in brain and located in spinal cord that damages myelin. It usually occurs after viral infection, but also following vaccination, bacterial or parasitic infection.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/acute_encephalomyelitis/acute_encephalomyelitis.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_disseminated_encephalomyelitis
Xrefs

GARD:8639

MESH:D004673

NCI:C34578

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:83942000

UMLS_CUI:C0014059

Subsets

DO_rare_slim

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Synonyms

acute disseminated encephalitis [EXACT]

ADEM [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a encephalomyelitis

Subclass Logical Relationships

has symptom some inflammation

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