Diseases

CNS Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases

Conditions characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin (see MYELIN SHEATH) in the brain, spinal cord, or optic nerves secondary to autoimmune mediated processes. This may take the form of a humoral or cellular immune response directed toward myelin or OLIGODENDROGLIA associated autoantigens.

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Conditions characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin (see MYELIN SHEATH) in the brain, spinal cord, or optic nerves secondary to autoimmune mediated processes. This may take the form of a humoral or cellular immune response directed toward myelin or OLIGODENDROGLIA associated autoantigens.

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  • Autoimmune Demyelinating Diseases, CNS
  • Autoimmune Demyelinating Diseases, Central Nervous System
  • Autoimmune Demyelinating Disorders, CNS
  • CNS Autoimmune Demyelinating Disorders
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, Central Nervous System
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Disorders, CNS
  • Demyelinating Disease, Autoimmune, CNS
  • Autoimmune Demyelinating Diseases, Cerebral
  • Autoimmune Demyelinating Diseases, Spinal Cord
  • Autoimmune Diseases, Demyelinating, Brain
  • Brain Autoimmune Demyelinating Diseases
  • Cerebral Demyelinating Diseases, Autoimmune
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, Brain
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, Cerebral
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, Spinal Cord
  • Spinal Cord Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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for central nervous system diseases only; for demyelinating diseases of the peripheral nervous system consider POLYRADICULONEURITIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; and CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; for demyelinating autoimmune diseases of the brain or spinal cord not otherwise specified coord with BRAIN DISEASES or SPINAL CORD DISEASES

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2000

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  2. C10w.228w.140w.695w.562w
  3. C10w.314w.350w
  4. C20w.111w.258.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. CNS Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020278. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020278
  2. CNS Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNS_demyelinating_autoimmune_diseases
  3. CNS Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5013186