Encephalomyelitis
| Encephalomyelitis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Neurology  |
Encephalomyelitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Various types of encephalomyelitis include:
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis or postinfectious encephalomyelitis, a demyelinating disease of the brain and spinal cord, possibly triggered by viral infection.[1][2]
- Encephalomyelitis disseminata, a synonym for multiple sclerosis.
- MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases.[5]
- Western equine encephalitis: a group of viral illnesses that can affect horses and humans; collectively termed Equine encephalitis.
- Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of brain inflammation.
- stiff person syndrome.
- Human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) infection.[6]
See also
- Chronic fatigue syndrome, sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis.
References
- ^ Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases
- ^ Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Information Page at NINDS
- ^ Pröbstel AK et al. Anti-MOG antibodies are present in a subgroup of patients with a neuromyelitis optica phenotype. J Neuroinflammation. 2015 Mar 8;12(1):46.
- doi:10.1002/acn3.164
- PMID 23797245