Medical Definition of Encephalitis periaxialis

1. Rare demyelinating disease characterised by massive destruction of the myelin in the cerebral hemispheres, cavity formation, and glial scarring. Clinical symptoms include bilateral spasticity, cortical blindness, and progressive dementia. Encephalitis periaxialis diffusa (= schilder's disease) should be reserved for instances of myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis that correspond to the case described by schilder in 1912. Schilder's disease should not be confused with addison-schilder disease (= adrenoleukodystrophy). (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encephalitis Periaxialis

encephalauxe
encephale isole
encephalic
encephalic vesicle
encephalithogenic protein
encephalitic
encephalitic
encephalitides
encephalitis
encephalitis
encephalitis haemorrhagica
encephalitis japonica
encephalitis lethargica
encephalitis lethargica
encephalitis neonatorum
encephalitis periaxialis (current term)
encephalitis periaxialis concentrica
encephalitis periaxialis diffusa
encephalitis pyogenica
encephalitis subcorticalis chronica
encephalitis virus
encephalitis viruses
encephalitogen
encephalitogen
encephalitogenic
encephalitogens
encephalitozoon
encephalitozoonosis
encephalitozoon cuniculi
Encephalitozoon hellum

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