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A neurodegenerative condition that is characterized by demyelination or necrosis of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. Symptoms include DEPRESSION; PARANOIA; DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and ATAXIA which can progress to COMA and death in a few months. Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome is seen often in alcoholics but has been found in non-alcoholics as well.
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- Marchiafava-Bignami Syndrome
- Marchiafava Bignami Disease
- Marchiafava Bignami Syndrome
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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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2008
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- Demyelinating Diseases (1965-2007)
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- National Library of Medicine. Marchiafava-Bignami Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054319. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054319
- Marchiafava-Bignami Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchiafava%E2%80%93Bignami_disease
- Marchiafava-Bignami Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94796