Meningoencephalitis

Preferred Label : Meningoencephalitis;

NCIt definition : Inflammation of the meninges and brain, generally secondary to an infectious cause. Pathogens may be bacterial, viral, fungal, or protozoan.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: Inflammation of the meninges and brain.;

Details

Origin ID

C34813;

UMLS CUI

C0025309;

DO Cross reference
- meningoencephalitis [DO Concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Central Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Meningoencephalitis [MedDRA LLT]
- Meningoencephalitis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Meningoencephalitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- meningoencephalitis [Radlex concept]
- meningoencephalitis [DO Concept]
- meningoencephalitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- meningoencephalitis [MeSH concept]
- meningoencephalitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- meningoencephalitis [SNOMED Notion]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology Mapped to MedDRA [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Brain [NCIt concept]
- Meninges [NCIt concept]

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