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stroke

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A sudden loss of neurological function secondary to hemorrhage or ischemia in the brain parenchyma due to a vascular event. [ ]

Term info

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stroke

Synonyms
  • Acute Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Acute Cerebrovascular Accidents
  • Acute Stroke
  • Acute Strokes
  • Apoplexy
  • Apoplexy, Cerebrovascular
  • Brain Vascular Accident
  • Brain Vascular Accidents
  • CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT, (CVA)
  • CVA
  • CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
  • CVA (cerebral vascular accident)
  • CVA - Cerebrovascular accident
  • CVA - Cerebrovascular accident unspecified
  • CVA, CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
  • CVA, cerebrovascular accident
  • CVAs (Cerebrovascular Accident)
  • Cerebral Stroke
  • Cerebral Strokes
  • Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Cerebrovascular Accident, Acute
  • Cerebrovascular Accidents
  • Cerebrovascular Accidents, Acute
  • Cerebrovascular Apoplexy
  • Cerebrovascular Apoplexya
  • Cerebrovascular Stroke
  • Cerebrovascular Strokes
  • Cerebrovascular accident (disorder)
  • Cerebrovascular accident (disorder) [Ambiguous]
  • STROKE SYNDROME
  • SYNDROME, STROKE
  • Stroke NOS
  • Stroke NOS (disorder)
  • Stroke and cerebrovascular accident unspecified
  • Stroke and cerebrovascular accident unspecified (disorder)
  • Stroke, Acute
  • Stroke, Cerebral
  • Stroke, Cerebrovascular
  • Stroke/CVA - undefined
  • Strokes
  • Strokes, Acute
  • Strokes, Cerebral
  • Strokes, Cerebrovascular
  • Vascular Accident, Brain
  • Vascular Accidents, Brain
  • cerebrovascular accident
  • cerebrovascular accident, (CVA)
  • ischemic stroke
  • stroke
  • stroke disorder
  • stroke syndrome
  • syndrome, stroke
  • undetermined stroke
database cross reference
comment

Stroke includes two main types, hemorrhagic and ischemic. Both types of stroke can cause acute seizures at the time of the acute event, as well as epilepsy as a long-term complication. In the elderly, cerebrovascular disease and stroke are the most common cause of acute seizures and epilepsy.

exactMatch

http://identifiers.org/mesh/D020521, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3390, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/230690007

gwas trait

true

has related synonym

cerebral infarction

id

EFO:0000712

term editor

Tomasz Adamusiak, James Malone