loading...| Preferred Name | demyelinating disease | |
| Synonyms |
demyelinating disorder |
|
| Definitions |
A broad group of disorders that affect the myelin sheaths that cover the neurons. Myelin sheathes cover neuronal axons in the central and peripheral nervous system and function to increase traveling impulse speeds. Disruption of this sheath impairs neuronal transmission and can result in disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, among others. |
|
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0002562 |
|
| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C34527 MEDGEN:4189 UMLS:C0011303 DOID:3213 MESH:D003711 |
|
| definition |
A broad group of disorders that affect the myelin sheaths that cover the neurons. Myelin sheathes cover neuronal axons in the central and peripheral nervous system and function to increase traveling impulse speeds. Disruption of this sheath impairs neuronal transmission and can result in disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, among others. |
|
| has_exact_synonym |
demyelinating disorder |
|
| id |
MONDO:0002562 |
|
| in_subset | ||
| label |
demyelinating disease |
|
| notation |
MONDO:0002562 |
|
| prefLabel |
demyelinating disease |
|
| skos_exactMatch |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0011303 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3213 http://identifiers.org/medgen/4189 |
|
| treeView | ||
| subClassOf |