Encephalomyelitis
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Encephalomyelitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Various types of encephalomyelitis include:
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis or postinfectious encephalomyelitis, a demyelinating disease of the brain and spinal cord, possibly triggered by viral infection.[1][2]
- Encephalomyelitis disseminata, a synonym for multiple sclerosis.
- AntiMOG associated encephalomyelitis, one of the underlying conditions for the phenotype neuromyelitis optica[3][4] and in general all the spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases.[5]
- Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and Western equine encephalitis: a group of viral illnesses that can affect horses and humans; collectively termed Equine encephalitis.
- Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of brain inflammation.
- Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) – A kind of stiff person syndrome.
- AIDS-related encephalomyelitis, caused by opportunistic Human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) infection.[6]
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, a disabling chronic illness
References
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- ^ Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases
- ^ Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis at NINDS
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pröbstel AK; et al. (Mar 2015). "Anti-MOG antibodies are present in a subgroup of patients with a neuromyelitis optica phenotype". J Neuroinflammation. 12 (1): 46.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spadaro Melania; et al. (2015). "Histopathology and clinical course of MOG-antibody-associated encephalomyelitis". Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2 (3): 295–301. doi:10.1002/acn3.164.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reindl M, Di Pauli F, Rostásy K, Berger T (Aug 2013). "The spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases". Nat Rev Neurol. 9 (8): 455–61. doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2013.118. PMID 23797245.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S. M. de la Monte, MD, MPH, D. D. Ho, MD, R. T. Schooley, MD, M. S. Hirsch, MD and E. P. Richardson Jr., MD (1987). "Subacute encephalomyelitis of AIDS and its relation to HTLV‐III infection". Neurology. 37 (4): 562. doi:10.1212/WNL.37.4.562.
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