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Optic neuritis

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100653

Inflammation of the optic nerve. [ ]

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Optic neuritis

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Optic neuritis can cause loss of vision because of swelling and destruction of the myelin sheath covering the optic nerve and/or direct axonal damage.

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doelkens

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2010-12-30T09:56:38Z

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HP:0100653

Term relations

Equivalent to:

has_part some (
    increased rate and
    inheres in some (
        inflammatory response and
        occurs in some cranial nerve II) and
    has modifier some abnormal)

Subclass of:

Increased inflammatory response
Abnormality of the optic nerve