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CNS demyelination
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A loss of myelin from nerve fibers in the central nervous system. [ ]
Term info
Label
CNS demyelination
Synonyms
- Demyelination in central white matter
comment
CNS demyelination affects the white matter, which consists mostly of axons with their envelope of myelin, along with two types of neuroglia: oligo-dendrocytes and astrocytes.
has alternative id
HP:0007222
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human_phenotype
id
HP:0007305
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
degenerate and
inheres in some (
myelin sheath and
part of some central nervous system) and
has modifier some abnormal)