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Descriptor English: Acute Febrile Encephalopathy
Descriptor Spanish: Encefalopatía Aguda Febril
Descriptor encefalopatía aguda febril
Entry term(s) encefalopatía febril
encefalopatía febril aguda
encefalopatías febriles
síndrome de encefalitis aguda
Scope note: Aparición súbita de fiebre, acompañada de convulsiones, inflamación cerebral y alteraciones del estado mental (por ej., confusión, desorientación y coma)
Descriptor Portuguese: Encefalopatia Aguda Febril
Descriptor French: Encéphalopathie aiguë fébrile
Entry term(s): Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
Acute Encephalitis Syndromes
Acute Febrile Encephalopathies
Encephalopathies, Acute Febrile
Encephalopathies, Febrile
Encephalopathy, Acute Febrile
Encephalopathy, Febrile
Febrile Encephalopathies
Febrile Encephalopathies, Acute
Febrile Encephalopathy
Tree number(s): C10.228.140.021
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071072
Scope note: Acute onset of fever accompanied by seizures, cerebral inflammation and a change in mental status (e.g., confusion, disorientation, and 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 Diseases (1971-2016)
Fever (1971-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56379
Unique ID: D000071072
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/06/29
Revision Date: 2016/02/26
Acute Febrile Encephalopathy - Preferred
Concept UI M000612997
Scope note Acute onset of fever accompanied by seizures, cerebral inflammation and a change in mental status (e.g., confusion, disorientation, and coma).
Preferred term Acute Febrile Encephalopathy
Entry term(s) Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
Acute Encephalitis Syndromes
Acute Febrile Encephalopathies
Encephalopathies, Acute Febrile
Encephalopathy, Acute Febrile
Febrile Encephalopathies, Acute
Encephalopathy, Febrile - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000615076
Preferred term Encephalopathy, Febrile
Entry term(s) Encephalopathies, Febrile
Febrile Encephalopathies
Febrile Encephalopathy



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