"Brain Diseases" 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.
Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D001927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Brain Diseases- Brain Diseases
- Brain Disease
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Disorder
- Intracranial CNS Disorders
- Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders
- CNS Disorders, Intracranial
- CNS Disorder, Intracranial
- Intracranial CNS Disorder
- Encephalon Diseases
- Encephalon Disease
- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders
- Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Cerebral palsy and its medicolegal implications in low- resource settings - the need to establish causality and revise criteria to implicate intrapartum hypoxia: A narrative review. S Afr Med J. 2023 06 21; 113(7):29-34.
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The role of the placenta in perinatal asphyxia, neonatal encephalopathy, and neurodevelopmental outcome: A review. Afr J Reprod Health. 2023 Jan; 27(1):107-118.
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Maternal postures for fetal malposition in labour for improving the health of mothers and their infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 08 31; 8:CD014615.
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Advances in designing of polymeric micelles for biomedical application in brain related diseases. Chem Biol Interact. 2022 Jul 01; 361:109960.
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The association between early-onset sepsis and neonatal encephalopathy. J Perinatol. 2022 Mar; 42(3):354-358.
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Cerebral Palsy and Criteria Implicating Acute Intrapartum Hypoxia in Neonatal Encephalopathy - An Obstetric Perspective for the South African Setting. S Afr Med J. 2021 Mar 31; 111(3b):277-279.
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Estimates of the Burden of Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 06; 65(suppl_2):S200-S219.
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Neonatal Encephalopathy With Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review, Investigator Group Datasets, and Meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 06; 65(suppl_2):S173-S189.
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Brief Report: Late Efavirenz-Induced Ataxia and Encephalopathy: A Case Series. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 08 15; 75(5):577-579.
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Prevalence and factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in Africans with epilepsy. Neurology. 2015 May 05; 84(18):1838-45.