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Mammalian Phenotype Ontology
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| Id | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0000921
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0000921
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| Preferred Name | demyelination |
| Definitions |
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
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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| Synonyms |
myelin degeneration
myelin destruction
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| 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 |
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| label |
demyelination
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| 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.
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| prefLabel |
demyelination
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| notation |
MP:0000921
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| id |
MP:0000921
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| has_obo_namespace |
MPheno.ontology
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| has_alternative_id |
MP:0010049
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| type | |
| has_exact_synonym |
myelin degeneration
myelin destruction
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