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Encephalitis
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| Encephalitis Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | A83.-A86., B94.1, G05. |
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| ICD-9 | 323 |
| DiseasesDB | 22543 |
| MeSH | D004660 |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Encephalitis |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Phone:617-632-7753; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [2]
Overview
Pathophysiology
Risk Factors
Natural history, Complications, and Prognosis
Classification
Causes of Encephalitis
Differentiating Encephalitis from other Diseases
Diagnosis
History & Symptoms
Physical Examination
Lab Tests
MRI
CT
Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy
Primary Prevention
See also
- Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
- Japanese Encephalitis
- St. Louis Encephalitis
- Equine Encephalitis
- Rasmussen's encephalitis
- La Crosse encephalitis
- Murray Valley encephalitis virus
- California encephalitis virus
- meningoencephalitis
- Tick-borne meningoencephalitis
- Herpes simplex
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
