====== Encephalopathy ====== Means disorder or disease of the brain. In modern usage, encephalopathy does not refer to a single disease, but rather to a syndrome of global brain dysfunction; this syndrome can have many different organic and inorganic causes. ===== Examples ===== [[Chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] [[Hashimoto's encephalopathy]] [[Hepatic encephalopathy]] [[Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy]] [[Infantile spasm syndrome]] is an age-related epileptic [[encephalopathy]] that occurs in children. [[Infection-triggered encephalopathy syndrome]] [[Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome]] [[Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy]]. [[Encephalopathy from COVID-19]].