A loss of myelin from nerve fibers in the central nervous system. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Demyelination in central white matter
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- UMLS:C0338474
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CNS demyelination affects the white matter, which consists mostly of axons with their envelope of myelin, along with two types of neuroglia: oligo-dendrocytes and astrocytes.
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has part some (
degenerate and
characteristic of some (
myelin sheath and
part of some central nervous system) and
has modifier some abnormal)