Diseases

Myelitis

Inflammation of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.

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Inflammation of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.

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  • Inflammation, Spinal Cord
  • Myelopathy, Inflammatory
  • Spinal Cord Inflammation
  • Inflammations, Spinal Cord
  • Inflammatory Myelopathies
  • Inflammatory Myelopathy
  • Myelitides
  • Myelopathies, Inflammatory
  • Spinal Cord Inflammations
  • Infectious Myelitis
  • Subacute Necrotizing Myelitis
  • Myelitides, Subacute Necrotizing
  • Myelitis, Infectious
  • Myelitis, Subacute Necrotizing
  • Necrotizing Myelitides, Subacute
  • Necrotizing Myelitis, Subacute
  • Subacute Necrotizing Myelitides

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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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do not confuse with inflammation of the bone marrow ( = OSTEOMYELITIS); SMON (subacute-myelo-optico-neuropathy) is indexed here + OPTIC NEURITIS + SYNDROME; coordinate IM with specific cause (IM) if pertinent

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  2. C10w.228w.228w.618w
  3. C10w.228w.854w.525w
  4. C10w.586.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myelitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009187. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009187
  2. Myelitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelitis
  3. Myelitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551085