"Encephalitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inflammation of the BRAIN due to infection, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions. Viral infections (see ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL) are a relatively frequent cause of this condition.
| Descriptor ID |
D004660
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.430
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| Concept/Terms |
Encephalitis- Encephalitis
- Brain Inflammation
- Inflammation, Brain
- Brain Inflammations
Rasmussen Syndrome- Rasmussen Syndrome
- Rasmussen Encephalitis
- Rasmussen's Syndrome
- Encephalitis, Rasmussen
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Encephalitis" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Description and Acute Outcomes of Cryptogenic Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Oct; 43(2):636-644.
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Clinical features and brain MRI volumetric changes in anti-mGluR5 encephalitis. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2023 08; 10(8):1407-1416.
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Playing Russian Roulette with Alzheimer's Disease Patients: Do the Cognitive Benefits of Lecanemab Outweigh the Risk of Edema, Stroke and Encephalitis? J Alzheimers Dis. 2023; 92(3):799-801.
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Non-viral precision T?cell receptor replacement for personalized cell therapy. Nature. 2023 03; 615(7953):687-696.
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Identifying the Most Important Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Publications in 2020 Using a Novel Literature Assessment Instrument. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2021 Sep-Oct; 62(5):493-500.
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Autoimmune encephalitis as an increasingly recognised cause of non-convulsive status epilepticus: A retrospective, multicentre evaluation of patient characteristics and electroencephalography (EEG) results. Seizure. 2020 Aug; 80:153-156.
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Antiglutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) antibody-associated epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 03; 80:331-336.
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Glial cell responses in a murine multifactorial perinatal brain injury model. Brain Res. 2018 02 15; 1681:52-63.
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Paraneoplastic epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 08; 61:51-58.
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Rasmussen encephalitis tissue transfer program. Epilepsia. 2016 06; 57(6):1005-7.