Diseases

Brain Injuries

Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.

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Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.

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  • Injuries, Brain
  • Brain Injury
  • Injury, Brain
  • Acute Brain Injuries
  • Brain Injuries, Acute
  • Brain Injuries, Focal
  • Brain Lacerations
  • Focal Brain Injuries
  • Injuries, Acute Brain
  • Acute Brain Injury
  • Brain Injury, Acute
  • Brain Injury, Focal
  • Brain Laceration
  • Focal Brain Injury
  • Injuries, Focal Brain
  • Injury, Acute Brain
  • Injury, Focal Brain
  • Laceration, Brain
  • Lacerations, 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; consider also /inj with specific parts of the brain; do not confuse with CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA

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1981(1963); for BRAIN CONTUSION use BRAIN CONCUSSION 1998-1999

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.199
  2. C10w.900.300w.087
  3. C26w.915.300w.200

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brain Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001930. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001930
  2. Brain Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3280669