Encephalomyelitis: Difference between revisions

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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 [[virus|viral]] infection.<ref>{{RareDiseases|8639|Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis}}</ref><ref>{{NINDS|acute_encephalomyelitisacute-disseminated-encephalomyelitis|Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Information Page}}</ref>

* ''[[AntiMOG associated encephalomyelitis]]'', one of the underlying conditions for the phenotype [[neuromyelitis optica]]<ref>Pröbstel AK et al. Anti-MOG antibodies are present in a subgroup of patients with a neuromyelitis optica phenotype. J Neuroinflammation. 2015 Mar 8;12(1):46.</ref><ref>Melania Spadaro et al. Histopathology and clinical course of MOG-antibody-associated encephalomyelitis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 295–301, March 2015 DOI: {{doi|10.1002/acn3.164}}</ref> and in general all the spectrum of [[MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases]].<ref>Reindl M, Di Pauli F, Rostásy K, Berger T. The spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases. Nat Rev Neurol. 2013 Aug;9(8):455-61. {{doi: |10.1038/nrneurol.2013.118}}. Epub 2013 Jun 25. {{PMID|23797245}}</ref>

* ''[[EquineEastern encephalomyelitisequine (disambiguation)|Equine encephalomyelitisencephalitis]]''{{dn|date=August 2017}}, also called ''[[EquineJapanese encephalitis]]'', ''[[Venezuelan (disambiguation)|equine encephalitis]]'', a potentially fataland ''[[mosquitoWestern equine encephalitis]]-borne'': a group of viral diseaseillnesses that infectscan affect [[horse]]s and humans; collectively termed ''[[Equine encephalitis]]''.

* [[AIDS -related encephalomyelitis]], caused by opportunistic [[Human T-lymphotropic virus]] type III (HTLV-III) infection.<ref>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 Subacute encephalomyelitis of AIDS and its relation to HTLV‐III infection Neurology April 1987 vol. 37 no. 4 562 {{doi: |10.1212/WNL.37.4.562}}</ref>

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