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MeSH Heading: Diffuse Axonal Injury
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.199.388.500; C10.900.300.087.219.500; C26.915.300.200.188.500
Unique ID: D020833
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020833
Scope Note: A relatively common sequela of blunt head injury, characterized by a global disruption of axons throughout the brain. Associated clinical features may include NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; DEMENTIA; and other disorders.
Entry Version: DIFFUSE AXONAL INJ
Entry Term(s): Axonal Injury, Diffuse; DAI (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
Previous Indexing: Brain Injuries (1982-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/08
Revision Date: 2016/01/20

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Diffuse Axonal Injury MeSH Descriptor Data 2024