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Descriptor English: Diffuse Axonal Injury
Descriptor Spanish: Lesión Axonal Difusa
Descriptor lesión axónica difusa
Entry term(s) daño axonal difuso
daño axónico difuso
lesión axonal difusa
traumatismo axónico difuso
traumatismo difuso axonal
traumatismo difuso axónico
Scope note: Secuela relativamente común de traumatismos craneales por contusión, caracterizada por rotura global de axones en todo el cerebro. Las características clínicas asociadas pueden incluir MANIFESTACIONES NEUROCONDUCTUALES, ESTADO VEGETATIVO PERSISTENTE, DEMENCIA y otros trastornos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lesão Axonal Difusa
Descriptor French: Lésion axonale diffuse
Entry term(s): Axonal Injuries, Diffuse
Axonal Injury, Diffuse
DAI (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
DAIs (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
Diffuse Axonal Injuries
Injuries, Diffuse Axonal
Injury, Diffuse Axonal
Tree number(s): C10.228.140.199.388.500
C10.900.300.087.219.500
C26.915.300.200.188.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020833
Scope note: A relatively common sequela of blunt head injury, characterized by a global disruption of axons throughout the brain. Associated clinical features may include NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; DEMENTIA; and other disorders.
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 Injuries (1982-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Entry Version: DIFFUSE AXONAL INJ
DeCS ID: 34242
Unique ID: D020833
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
Diffuse Axonal Injury - Preferred
Concept UI M0328376
Scope note A relatively common sequela of blunt head injury, characterized by a global disruption of axons throughout the brain. Associated clinical features may include NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; DEMENTIA; and other disorders.
Preferred term Diffuse Axonal Injury
Entry term(s) Axonal Injuries, Diffuse
Axonal Injury, Diffuse
DAI (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
DAIs (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
Diffuse Axonal Injuries
Injuries, Diffuse Axonal
Injury, Diffuse Axonal



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