Mammalian Phenotype Ontology

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Preferred Name

demyelination

Synonyms

myelin degeneration

myelin destruction

Definitions

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. abnormal degeneration or destruction of the myelin sheath that results in the partial absence or patchy, incomplete area of a myelin sheath over all or part of an axon or fiber tract

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0000921

comment

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.

definition

abnormal degeneration or destruction of the myelin sheath that results in the partial absence or patchy, incomplete area of a myelin sheath over all or part of an axon or fiber tract

has_alternative_id

MP:0010049

has_exact_synonym

myelin degeneration

myelin destruction

has_obo_namespace

MPheno.ontology

id

MP:0000921

label

demyelination

notation

MP:0000921

prefLabel

demyelination

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0000920

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0000920

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