| Encephalomyelitis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Neurology |
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
- ^ Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases
- ^ Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis at NINDS
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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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