| DE | deprived eye; diagnostic error; dialysis encephalopathy; digestive energy; dose equivalent; dream el... |
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| DES | dementia rating scale; dermal-epidermal separation; dialysis encephalopathy syndrome; diethylstilbes... |
| DIHE | drug-induced hepatic encephalopathy |
| EIEE | early infantile epileptic encephalopathy |
| HER | hemorrhagic encephalopathy of rats; hernia |
| dialysis encephalopathy syndrome | <syndrome> A progressive (often fatal) diffuse encephalopathy which occurs in a few patients who undergo chronic haemodialysis, dementia is a key feature (27 Sep 1997) |
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| thyrotoxic encephalopathy | A metabolic encephalopathy arising in severe cases of thyrotoxicosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalopathy | <neurology, pathology> Any degenerative disease of the brain. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (18 Nov 1997) |
| encephalopathy, bovine spongiform | Scrapie-like neurological disorder of cattle. The infection appears to be caused by the consumption of scrapie-infected ruminant-derived protein (prions). (12 Dec 1998) |
| traumatic encephalopathy | An encephalopathy resulting from structural brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic progressive encephalopathy | A chronic progressive brain damage resulting from multiple brain injuries, e.g., dementia pugilistica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lead encephalopathy | A metabolic encephalopathy, caused by the ingestion of lead compounds and seen particularly in early childhood; it is characterised pathologically by extensive cerebral oedema, status spongiosus, neurocytolysis, and some reactive inflammation; clinical manifestations include convulsions, delirium, and hallucinations. See: lead poisoning. Synonym: lead encephalitis, saturnine encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |