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Definition: 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.     
Examples Akinetic Mutism; Amblyopia; Amnesia, Transient Global; Auditory Diseases, Central; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Brain Abscess; Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Death; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Brain Edema; Brain Injuries; Brain Neoplasms; Cerebellar Diseases; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Dementia; Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder; Encephalitis; Encephalomalacia; Epilepsy; Headache Disorders; Hydrocephalus; Hypothalamic Diseases; Hypoxia, Brain; Intracranial Hypertension; Intracranial Hypotension; Kluver-Bucy Syndrome; Leukoencephalopathies; Neuroaxonal Dystrophies; Subdural Effusion; Thalamic Diseases 		Other names Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders; Brain Pathology; Pathology, Brain; Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial; CNS Disorders, Intracranial; Brain Disorders; Intracranial CNS Disorder; Encephalon Disease; CNS Disorder, Intracranial; Brain Disorder; Brain Disease; Intracranial CNS Disorders; Encephalon Diseases; Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Dermatoleukodystrophy  0   *Brain Diseases *Skin Diseases.
Baraitser Brett Piesowicz syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases *Calcinosis *Microcephaly.
Macrogyria, pseudobulbar palsy and mental retardation  0   *Brain Diseases *Intellectual Disability *Pseudobulbar Palsy.
Sener syndrome  0   *Cysts *Brain Diseases *Ectodermal Dysplasia *Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Granulomas, congenital cerebral  0   *Brain Diseases/congenital *Granuloma/congenital.
Focal cortical dysplasia of Taylor  0   *Brain Diseases *Malformations of Cortical Development.
Thyrocerebral-retinal syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases *Kidney Diseases *Thyroid Diseases. Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1978;14(6B):265-74
Familial porencephaly  0   *Brain Diseases *Hemiplegia.
Neu Laxova syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Brain Diseases *Fetal Growth Retardation *Ichthyosis *Microcephaly.
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification 1  0   *Brain Diseases *Calcinosis *Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Non-lissencephalic cortical dysplasia  0   *Brain Diseases *Movement Disorders *Speech Disorders *Malformations of Cortical Development Developmental Disabilities.
Crome syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases *Cataract *Acute Kidney Injury.
Keratosis follicularis dwarfism cerebral atrophy  0   *Brain Diseases *Dwarfism *Darier Disease.
Colpocephaly  0   *Brain Diseases Lateral Ventricles/abnormalities.
Hashimoto's encephalitis  0   *Brain Diseases *Hashimoto Disease.
Rambaud Galian syndrome  0   *Brain Diseases *Calcinosis *Hyaline Membrane Disease *Ischemia *Retinal Diseases.

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