Nervous system disease

Nervous system disease
Nervous system disease
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 G00-G99
ICD-9 320-359
MeSH D009422

Nervous system disease refers to a general class of medical conditions affecting the nervous system.

They can be divided into:

The term neuropathy is sometimes defined to include any disorder of the nervous system.[1] With this usage, the terms "nervous system disease" and "neuropathy" would be synonymous.

References

  1. ^ "eMedicine/Stedman Medical Dictionary Lookup!". http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=Neuropathy. Retrieved 2008-11-30. [dead link]



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