 Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
"Vasculitis, Central Nervous System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inflammation of blood vessels within the central nervous system. Primary vasculitis is usually caused by autoimmune or idiopathic factors, while secondary vasculitis is caused by existing disease process. Clinical manifestations are highly variable but include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; behavioral alterations; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; and BRAIN INFARCTION. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp856-61)
| Descriptor ID |
D020293
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.114.875 C10.228.140.300.850 C14.907.253.946 C14.907.940.907 C20.111.258.962
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| Concept/Terms |
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System- Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
- CNS Vasculitis
- Vasculitis, CNS
- Central Nervous System Angiitis
- Angiitis, Central Nervous System
- Central Nervous System Vasculitis
Secondary CNS Vasculitis- Secondary CNS Vasculitis
- CNS Vasculitis, Secondary
- Vasculitis, Secondary CNS
- Vasculitis, CNS, Secondary
Primary CNS Vasculitis- Primary CNS Vasculitis
- CNS Vasculitis, Primary
- Vasculitis, Primary CNS
- Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis
Cerebral Angiitis- Cerebral Angiitis
- Angiitis, Cerebral
- Cerebral Vasculitis
- Vasculitis, Cerebral
Granulomatous Angiitis- Granulomatous Angiitis
- Angiitis, Granulomatous
- Granulomatous Arteritis
- Arteritis, Granulomatous
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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