- Rasmussen encephalitis (syndrome)
- Ras·mus·sen encephalitis (syndrome) (rahsґm
-sən) [Theodore Brown Rasmussen, American neurologist in Canada, 1910–2002] see under encephalitis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Rasmussen encephalitis (syndrome)
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Rasmussen encephalitis — A rare progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by intractable seizures and progressive neurologic deterioration. To be more precise, there are frequent and severe seizures (convulsions), progressive loss of motor skills and speech … Medical dictionary
Rasmussen's encephalitis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 33757 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|323.81 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Rasmussen s encephalitis, also Chronic Focal Encephalitis (CFE), is a rare, progressive… … Wikipedia
Rasmussen syndrome — A brain disorder caused by inflammation of brain cells in one hemisphere. Its cause is unknown. Rasmussen syndrome causes seizures often difficult or impossible to control with medication, and eventually results in brain shrinkage (atrophy).… … Medical dictionary
Syndrome de Rasmussen — Encéphalite focale de Rasmussen L encéphalite focale de Rasmussen, ou syndrome de Rasmussen, est une maladie rare et d évolution chronique, d origine probablement auto immune dégénérative et entrainant une atteinte neurologique évoluant de façon… … Wikipédia en Français
Syndrome de Kojewnikow — Encéphalite focale de Rasmussen L encéphalite focale de Rasmussen, ou syndrome de Rasmussen, est une maladie rare et d évolution chronique, d origine probablement auto immune dégénérative et entrainant une atteinte neurologique évoluant de façon… … Wikipédia en Français
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis occurs, for example, in 1 in 1,000 cases of measles. It may start (up to 3 weeks) after onset of the measles rash and present with high fever, convulsions, and coma. It usually runs a blessedly short course … Medical dictionary
Rasmussen — Grant L., American neuroanatomist, *1904. See bundle of R., r. encephalitis, R. syndrome. Fritz W., Danish physician, 1834–1881. See R. aneurysm … Medical dictionary
Theodore Rasmussen — Theodore Brown Rasmussen (* 28. April 1910 in Provo, Utah; † 23. Januar 2002 in Calgary, Kanada) war ein Neurologe. Homunculi in Projektion auf den motorischen bzw. sensorischen Cortex Rasmussen wurde 1960 Nachfolger von Wilder Penfield als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Encephalite focale de Rasmussen — Encéphalite focale de Rasmussen L encéphalite focale de Rasmussen, ou syndrome de Rasmussen, est une maladie rare et d évolution chronique, d origine probablement auto immune dégénérative et entrainant une atteinte neurologique évoluant de façon… … Wikipédia en Français
