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Encephalomyelitis is a general term for inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, describing a number of disorders: * ''Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis'' or ''postinfectious encephalomyelitis'', a demyelinating disease of the brain and spinal cord, possibly triggered by viral infection; * ''Encephalomyelitis disseminata'', a synonym for multiple sclerosis; * Anti-MOG Associated encephalomyelitis, one of the underlying conditions for the phenotype neuromyelitis optica〔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.〕〔Melania Spadaro et al. Histopathology and clinical course of MOG-antibody-associated encephalomyelitis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 295–301, March 2015 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.164〕 and in general all the spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases.〔Reindl M, Di Pauli F, Rostásy K, Berger T. The spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases. Nat Rev Neurol. 2013 Aug;9(8):455-61. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.118. Epub 2013 Jun 25. PMID 23797245〕 * ''Equine encephalomyelitis'', a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease that infects horses and humans; * ''Myalgic encephalomyelitis'', a disease involving presumed inflammation of the central nervous system with symptoms of muscle pain and fatigue; the term has sometimes been used interchangeably with ''chronic fatigue syndrome'', though there is still controversy over the distinction. * ''Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis'' (EAE), an animal model of brain inflammation. * Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) - A kind of stiff person syndrome * AIDS related encephalomyelitis, caused by opportunistic Human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) infection〔S. M. de la Monte, MD, MPH, D. D. Ho, MD, R. T. Schooley, MD, M. S. Hirsch, MD and E. P. Richardson Jr., MD Subacute encephalomyelitis of AIDS and its relation to HTLV‐III infection Neurology April 1987 vol. 37 no. 4 562 doi: 10.1212/WNL.37.4.562〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Encephalomyelitis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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