脑炎是现代神经病学最重要的课题之一。虽然已进行了大量的研究,但有关脑炎的很多问题仍不清楚。近10～12年来很多作者企图拟定其分类。Neuhauser和Windorfer于1973年根据300例脑炎的主要症状将儿童脑炎分为6型。这种症状学的观点只有相对意义,因为不同病因的脑炎,特别是急性期,可以发生同一类型的临床综合征,何况中毒、 Encephalitis is one of the most important topics in modern neurology. Although a great deal of research has been done, many questions about encephalitis remain unclear. In the recent 10 to 12 years, many authors have attempted to draw up their classification. In 1973, Neuhauser and Windorfer divided children’s encephalitis into type 6 based on the main symptoms of 300 cases of encephalitis. This symptomatology point of view is only relative, because encephalitis of different etiology, especially in acute phase, can occur the same type of clinical syndrome, not to mention poisoning,