Preferred Name

Brain Infarction [Disease/Finding]
Synonyms

Brain Infarction

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000004159

altLabel

Brain Infarction

cui

C0751955

MESH DEFINITION

Tissue NECROSIS in any area of the brain, including the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Brain infarction is the result of a cascade of events initiated by inadequate blood flow through the brain that is followed by HYPOXIA and HYPOGLYCEMIA in brain tissue. Damage may be temporary, permanent, selective or pan-necrosis.

MESH DUI

D020520

MeSH name

Brain Infarction

MESH UI

M0328169

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000004159

NUI

N0000004159

prefLabel

Brain Infarction [Disease/Finding]

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000000723

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