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Abstract
Tissue NECROSIS in any area of the brain, including the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Brain infarction is the result of a cascade of events initiated by inadequate blood flow through the brain that is followed by HYPOXIA and HYPOGLYCEMIA in brain tissue. Damage may be temporary, permanent, selective or pan-necrosis.
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- Brain Infarct
- Brain Infarctions
- Brain Infarcts
- Infarct, Brain
- Infarction, Brain
- Infarctions, Brain
- Infarcts, Brain
- Anterior Cerebral Circulation Infarction
- Anterior Circulation Brain Infarction
- Anterior Circulation Infarction, Brain
- Brain Infarction, Anterior Circulation
- Brain Infarction, Posterior Circulation
- Brain Infarction, Venous
- Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Circulation
- Infarction, Anterior Circulation, Brain
- Infarction, Brain, Anterior Circulation
- Infarction, Brain, Posterior Circulation
- Infarction, Posterior Circulation, Brain
- Posterior Circulation Brain Infarction
- Posterior Circulation Infarction, Brain
- Venous Infarction, Brain
- Brain Infarctions, Venous
- Brain Venous Infarction
- Brain Venous Infarctions
- Infarction, Brain Venous
- Infarction, Venous Brain
- Infarctions, Brain Venous
- Infarctions, Venous Brain
- Venous Brain Infarction
- Venous Brain Infarctions
- Venous Infarctions, Brain
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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2000
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Previous Indexing
- Brain Diseases (1965-1999)
- Cerebral Arterial Diseases (1965-1999)
- Infarction (1965-1999)
- Intracranial Arteriosclerosis (1967-1999)
- Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis (1966-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Brain Infarction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020520. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020520
- Brain Infarction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18555944