National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

Synonyms

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

Central Demyelination of Corpus Callosum

Central demyelination of corpus callosum

Definitions

A rare neurological disorder characterized initially by selective demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum. It is associated with chronic ethanol consumption or malnutrition, and depending on the acuity of presentation, signs and symptoms may include an altered mental state, motor disturbances, seizures, delirium and coma.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C197857

code

C197857

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193197

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193006

Contributing_Source

mCode

DEFINITION

A rare neurological disorder characterized initially by selective demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum. It is associated with chronic ethanol consumption or malnutrition, and depending on the acuity of presentation, signs and symptoms may include an altered mental state, motor disturbances, seizures, delirium and coma.

FULL_SYN

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

Central Demyelination of Corpus Callosum

Central demyelination of corpus callosum

label

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

Preferred_Name

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C197857

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0238265

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C53543

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