noun
definition
Any of various conditions affecting the brain.
Examples of encephalopathy in a Sentence
The lack of impairment in neurologically asymptomatic patients suggests that the cognitive deficits are caused by direct cerebral involvement rather than hepatic encephalopathy.
Complications of whooping cough include bronchopneumonia, acute encephalopathy, and long-term brain damage as a result of cerebral hypoxia.
The death of a domestic Siamese cat from a spongiform encephalopathy (SE) in Bristol was reported to Ministers in May 1990.
Benign epilepsy syndromes include benign infantile encephalopathy and benign neonatal convulsions.
The main factor involved in causing the encephalopathy is an increase in ammonia levels in the brain.
Thus he was functioning no better than at the age at which he developed lead encephalopathy.
Similarly, a wide range of outcome measures is used, including neonatal encephalopathy, cranial ultrasound findings, seizures and cerebral palsy.
Anna has had Myalgic encephalopathy for the past eight years.
There are two hypotheses about the TSE agent [the agent that transmits Spongiform encephalopathy] .
Dr. Frances Jensen and her team investigated a condition called hypoxic encephalopathy, the most common cause of seizures in newborns.
They therefore decided to test fourteen patients diagnosed with " vaccine encephalopathy " for this mutation.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy was reported in four cattle in Ireland where energetic measures have been taken to control the disease.
Neither was there any recorded transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in pigs or poultry.
The frequency of hepatic encephalopathy was similar in the two groups.
At term, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy remains the most common underlying factor.
We describe 5 patients with a relapsing encephalopathy in association with Hashimoto's disease and high titers of anti-thyroid antibodies.
We describe 5 patients with a relapsing encephalopathy in association with Hashimoto 's disease and high titers of anti-thyroid antibodies.
Timberwolf has taken extreme measures to ensure your pet is not in danger of contracting Mad Cow Disease by eliminating the risk of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), better known as Mad Cow Disease, contamination.
Children who within a week after vaccination develop encephalopathy that cannot be traced to any other cause should not receive further injections.
For this reason, CP is also referred to as static (nonprogressive) encephalopathy (disease of the brain).
Other causes of acquired nystagmus are Arnold-Chiari malformations, vitamin deficiencies, syphilis, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Behcet's syndrome, and Meniere's disease.