Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS

Medical Dictionary -> Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS

Search:

Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS

Conditions characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin (see MYELIN SHEATH) in the brain, spinal cord, or optic nerves secondary to autoimmune mediated processes. This may take the form of a humoral or cellular immune response directed toward myelin or OLIGODENDROGLIA associated autoantigens.