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Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated

"Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

An acute or subacute inflammatory process of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM characterized histologically by multiple foci of perivascular demyelination. Symptom onset usually occurs several days after an acute viral infection or immunization, but it may coincide with the onset of infection or rarely no antecedent event can be identified. Clinical manifestations include CONFUSION, somnolence, FEVER, nuchal rigidity, and involuntary movements. The illness may progress to COMA and eventually be fatal. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p921)


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 41 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015 and 2016 and 2019 and 2021
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