National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Demyelination

Synonyms

Dysmyelination

DEMYELINATION

Demyelination

Definitions

Breakdown, or abnormal development, of a nerve fiber myelin sheath.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C117277

ALT_DEFINITION

Loss of myelin with relative preservation of the ensheathed axon, characterized by the presence of myelin ovoids and reduced myelin staining.

Breakdown, or abnormal development, of a nerve fiber myelin sheath.

code

C117277

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C120531

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C189762

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118464

Contributing_Source

CDISC

MedDRA

NICHD

DEFINITION

Breakdown, or abnormal development, of a nerve fiber myelin sheath.

FULL_SYN

Dysmyelination

DEMYELINATION

Demyelination

label

Demyelination

Maps_To

Dysmyelination

Preferred_Name

Demyelination

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C117277

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0011304

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C36280

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