19Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Neurological disorders specific to the perinatal or neonatal period
KB03
category
Neonatal encephalopathy, not elsewhere classified
Definition Encephalopathy is disorder of the brain. It may be the result of interference in the development of the brain, an infection or other condition in the neonate.
Also indexed as
Neonatal cerebral depression Neonatal cerebral irritability Neonatal coma Neonatal encephalopathy NOS Neonatal encephalopathy, mild Neonatal encephalopathy, moderate Neonatal encephalopathy, not elsewhere classified Neonatal encephalopathy, severe cerebral depression in newborn cerebral irritability in newborn coma in the newborn newborn comatose
Nearby in Neurological disorders specific to the perinatal or neonatal period
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