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Descriptor English: Brain Injury, Chronic
Descriptor Spanish: Lesión Encefálica Crónica
Descriptor lesión encefálica crónica
Entry term(s) lesión cerebral crónica
lesión cerebral crónica postraumática
lesión encefálica crónica postraumática
Scope note: Afección caracterizada por daño o disfunción cerebral persistente como secuela de un traumatismo craneal. Este trastorno puede producirse por LESIÓN AXONAL DIFUSA, HEMORRAGIAS INTRACRANEALES, EDEMA CEREBRAL y otras alteraciones. Las características clinicas pueden incluir DEMENCIA, deficiencias neurológicas focales, ESTADO VEGETATIVO PERSISTENTE, MUTISMO ACINÉTICO o COMA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lesão Encefálica Crônica
Descriptor French: Souffrance cérébrale chronique post-traumatique
Entry term(s): Brain Injuries, Chronic
Chronic Brain Injuries
Chronic Brain Injury
Tree number(s): C10.228.140.140.127
C10.228.140.199.500
C10.900.300.087.250
C23.550.291.500.063.500
C26.915.300.200.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020208
Scope note: Conditions characterized by persistent brain damage or dysfunction as sequelae of cranial trauma. This disorder may result from DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; BRAIN EDEMA; and other conditions. Clinical features may include DEMENTIA; focal neurologic deficits; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; AKINETIC MUTISM; or COMA.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Brain Damage, Chronic (1965-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Entry Version: BRAIN INJ CHRONIC
DeCS ID: 34226
Unique ID: D020208
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/08
Revision Date: 2016/01/20
Brain Injury, Chronic - Preferred
Concept UI M0328172
Scope note Conditions characterized by persistent brain damage or dysfunction as sequelae of cranial trauma. This disorder may result from DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; BRAIN EDEMA; and other conditions. Clinical features may include DEMENTIA; focal neurologic deficits; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; AKINETIC MUTISM; or COMA.
Preferred term Brain Injury, Chronic
Entry term(s) Brain Injuries, Chronic
Chronic Brain Injuries
Chronic Brain Injury



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