loading...| Preferred Name |
Marchiafava-Bignami disease |
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| Synonyms |
MBD |
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| Definitions |
A rare neurologic disease most prominently characterized by progressive demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum. It is in most cases associated with chronic alcoholism and malnutrition. Speed of onset and clinical presentation are very variable with a range of possible symptoms, including dementia, seizures, gait abnormalities, dysarthria, aphasia, athetosis, as well as stupor and coma. |
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| ID |
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_221074 |
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| alternative_term |
MBD |
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| definition |
A rare neurologic disease most prominently characterized by progressive demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum. It is in most cases associated with chronic alcoholism and malnutrition. Speed of onset and clinical presentation are very variable with a range of possible symptoms, including dementia, seizures, gait abnormalities, dysarthria, aphasia, athetosis, as well as stupor and coma. |
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| definition_citation |
Orphanet |
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| expertlink |
https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=en&Expert=221074 |
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| has_age_of_onset |
Adult |
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| hasDbXref |
ICD-10:G37.1 UMLS:C0238265 MeSH:D054319 ICD-11:8A46 MedDRA:10026828 |
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| label |
Marchiafava-Bignami disease |
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| notation |
ORPHA:221074 |
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| prefixIRI |
ORDO:Orphanet_221074 |
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| prefLabel |
Marchiafava-Bignami disease |
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| present_in |
Worldwide AND has_cases/families_value : 250.0 (Case) Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown |
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