Central nervous system viral disease
| Central nervous system viral disease |
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A central nervous system viral disease is a viral infection that affects the central nervous system.
An example is poliomyelitis.
Other examples include members of the polyomavirus family.[1]
Types of viral CNS infections
Treatment
Herpes simplex encephalitis can be treated with acyclovir[2], but few of the other viral central nervous system infections have a specific therapy.
See also
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| Inflammation |
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Brain/
encephalopathy |
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autoimmune ( Multiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, Schilder's disease) · hereditary ( Adrenoleukodystrophy, Alexander, Canavan, Krabbe, ML, PMD, VWM, MFC, CAMFAK syndrome) · Central pontine myelinolysis · Marchiafava-Bignami disease · Alpers' disease
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Other
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Spinal cord/
myelopathy |
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anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp
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noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr
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proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)
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