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A condition characterized by neck stiffness, headache, and other symptoms suggestive of meningeal irritation, but without actual inflammation of the meninges (MENINGITIS). Spinal fluid pressure may be elevated but spinal fluid is normal. (DeJong, The Neurologic Examination, 4th ed, p673)
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- Dupre Syndrome
- Dupre's Syndrome
- Meningismus
- Meningitis-Like Reaction
- Pseudomeningitis
- Dupres Syndrome
- Meningisms
- Meningitis Like Reaction
- Meningitis-Like Reactions
- Pseudomeningitides
- Reaction, Meningitis-Like
- Reactions, Meningitis-Like
- Syndrome, Dupre
- Syndrome, Dupre's
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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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- National Library of Medicine. Meningism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008580. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008580
- Meningism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningism
- Meningism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32069