Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Encephalitis

Definition:  An inflammatory process affecting the brain parenchyma. Causes include viral infections and less frequently bacterial infections, toxins, and immune-mediated processes.

FDA Definition:  An acute inflammatory process affecting the brain parenchyma.

NICHD Definition:  Inflammation of the brain.

Label:  Encephalitis

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C26760 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C0014038  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Encephalitis

External Source Codes: 

UMLS CUI

C0014038

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
code	C26760
Contributing_Source	CPTAC
Contributing_Source	FDA
Contributing_Source	MedDRA
Contributing_Source	NICHD
FDA_Table	Patient Code (Appendix B)
Legacy Concept Name	Encephalitis
Maps_To	Encephalitis
	Target_Terminology: MedDRA       Target_Terminology_Version: 18.1       Relationship_to_Target: Has Synonym       Target_Term_Type: LLT       Target_Code: 10014581
Semantic_Type	Disease or Syndrome
xRef	IMDRF:E0114

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: No

URL:https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C26760