loading...| Preferred Name |
Acute Poliomyelitis |
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| Synonyms |
Acute Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis Polia Polio |
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| Definitions |
An acute infectious disorder that affects the nervous system. It is caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads by direct contact, and can be prevented by prophylaxis with the polio vaccine. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C35550 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Inflammation of the spinal cord that is caused by the poliovirus, and that often results in flaccid paralysis. |
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| code |
C35550 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128453 |
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| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
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| DEFINITION |
An acute infectious disorder that affects the nervous system. It is caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads by direct contact, and can be prevented by prophylaxis with the polio vaccine. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Acute Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis Polia Polio |
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| label |
Acute Poliomyelitis |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Acute_Poliomyelitis |
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| Preferred_Name |
Acute Poliomyelitis |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C35550 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0032371 |
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| subClassOf |