"Brain Damage, Chronic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by long-standing brain dysfunction or damage, usually of three months duration or longer. Potential etiologies include BRAIN INFARCTION; certain NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ANOXIA, BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; certain NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; metabolic disorders (see BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC); and other conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D001925
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Brain Damage, Chronic- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Chronic Brain Damage
- Encephalopathy, Chronic
- Chronic Encephalopathy
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Damage, Chronic" by people in Profiles.
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Blood pressure and brain injury in older adults: findings from a community-based autopsy study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Nov; 57(11):1975-81.
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Interaction of hemolysis and hyperbilirubinemia on neurodevelopmental outcomes in the collaborative perinatal project. Pediatrics. 2009 Mar; 123(3):1045-50.
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Cerebral palsy in a term population: risk factors and neuroimaging findings. Pediatrics. 2006 Aug; 118(2):690-7.
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Valproic acid and intractable seizures in severely brain-damaged patients. Neurology. 1983 Jan; 33(1):99-101.