loading...| Preferred Name | demyelination | |
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myelin degeneration myelin destruction |
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| Definitions |
a partial absence or patchy, incomplete area of a myelin sheath over all or part of an axon or fiber tract due to degeneration or destruction of the myelin sheath Demyelination is a term used to describe the destruction of the myelin sheath that surrounds axonal fibres. This is caused by diseases that damage the myelin sheath or the cells that form it. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0000921 |
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Demyelination is a term used to describe the destruction of the myelin sheath that surrounds axonal fibres. This is caused by diseases that damage the myelin sheath or the cells that form it. |
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| definition |
a partial absence or patchy, incomplete area of a myelin sheath over all or part of an axon or fiber tract due to degeneration or destruction of the myelin sheath |
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MP:0010049 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
myelin degeneration myelin destruction |
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| has_obo_namespace |
MPheno.ontology |
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MP:0000921 |
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| label |
demyelination |
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| notation |
MP:0000921 |
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| prefLabel |
demyelination |
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