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Meningitis and encephalitis.(Children In Hospitals...)(Column)
Pediatrics for Parents
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November 1, 1994|
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Meningitis and encephalitis - two illness which may result in serious neurological problems or... more simply stated, serious problems involving the brain. Although these illnesses occur infrequently, the severity should not be taken lightly. The following questions are frequently heard in relation to these conditions. The answers deal not only with school health but the health of the general population.
Q: What is meningitis? What is encephalitis?
A: Meningitis refers to the swelling of the "meninges" which are the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord. ...
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LIFE WITH A HALF BRAIN.
Magazine article from: Science World
; ...called Rasmussen's encephalitis (ras-MYOU-sens in-se-fuh-LY-tis)--a brain disorder that strikes...causes Rasmussen's encephalitis. It's probably an...destroys its own brain tissue, speculates...with Rasmussen's encephalitis. Surgeons also operate...dis-PLAY-zhuh), or irregular brain ...
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Meningitis and encephalitis: diseases that attack the brain.
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication
; ...Comparison Chart Meningitis Encephalitis Location Brain coverings Brain substance...respiratory bacteria. Encephalitis--Invading the Skull Encephalitis is not one disease, but...viruses. Like meningitis, encephalitis is an infection within...attack the substance of the brain. ...
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 "Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)")
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Surgeons split my brain in two to save me.
Newspaper article from: Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)
; SURGEONS have divided a Sunderland girl's brain in two to save her from a rare disease...when doctors discovered she had deadly brain disorder Rasmussen's encephalitis eating away at her brain. Experts said the only cure for Janine...to cut away the diseased half of her brain, which could ...
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 "Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)")
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Docs cut Janine's brain in two.
Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
; ...divided a Sunderland girl's brain in two to save her from a rare...deadly disorder, Rasmussen's Encephalitis, eating away at her brain. Experts said the only cure...away the diseased half of her brain, which could leave her permanently...have left this part of the brain inside her skull in ...
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Acute encephalitis hospitalizations, California, 1990-1999: unrecognized arboviral encephalitis?(Research)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; ...mosquito vectors. However, a diagnosis of arboviral encephalitis was made for few hospitalized patients in these...during these periods. Although some arboviral encephalitis cases may have been undiagnosed, such cases probably...activity could increase detection of arboviral encephalitis. ********** ...
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Encephalitis.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News
; 0791085031 Encephalitis. Bloom, Ona and Jennifer R. Morgan. Chelsea House 2006 125 pages...the history, method of infection, and treatment and prevention of encephalitis. The text includes photographs, a glossary, a list of relevant...
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Hospital-based diagnosis of hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and hepatitis in Cambodian children. (Research).
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; ...clinical syndromes (hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and hepatitis) in Cambodian children...with Dengue virus (DENV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and Hepatitis A, B, C...1998. Of 50 children with clinical encephalitis, 9 (18%) had serologic evidence of...
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Balamuthia amebic encephalitis risk, Hispanic Americans.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; ...undiagnosed, the California Encephalitis Project (1) has been screening...samples from patients with encephalitis for evidence of antibodies...throat and rectal swabs, brain tissue) from patients with encephalitis have been submitted to...not part of California Encephalitis Project were ...
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Human metapneumovirus RNA in encephalitis patient.(Dispatches)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; We describe a fatal case of encephalitis that might be correlated with primary human metapneumovirus (HMPV) encephalitis, Postmortem HMPV RNA was detected in brain and lung tissue samples from the patient, Furthermore...infection. We describe a child who died from edema caused by encephalitis ...
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Tickborne encephalitis in naturally exposed monkey (Macaca sylvanus).(DISPATCHES)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; We describe tickborne encephalitis (TBE) in a monkey (Macaca...TBE virus was present in the brain and could be identified as...Neudoerfl. ********** Tickborne encephalitis (TBE) is a zoonotic disease...lesions were observed. The brain was removed and immediately...
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