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A neurologic disease that destroys the myelin sheath around axons?
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What neurological disease gradually destroys the myelin sheaths of neurons in the CNS?
Multiple Sclerosis
What disease strips myelin from nerves?
the disease that strips myelin from nerves is meningitis
What genetic disease is characterized by an excess build up of myelin?
canavan disease
What destroys the myelin sheath?
There are few diseases that destroy the myelin sheath like sub acute combined degeneration of myelin sheath. There is also ascending myelitis, which is a serious complication of rabies vaccine. The incidence is one in ten to thirty thousand.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that involves the degeneration of the?
Myelin sheath
What is the definition of myelin sheath?
A myelin sheath is a layer of myelin (a dielectric, or electric insulator) around the axon of a neuron.
The layer of lipid around an axon is called?
Myelin sheath
What disease is characterized by an autoimmune attack on myelin in the CNS?
it is multiple sclerosis
What is a part of a neuron affected by multiple sclerosis?
the myelin sheaths. The disease is classified as demyelinating , which is also known as the degeneration of the myelin structures in the neuron.
An autoimmune disease which results in the destruction of myelin sheaths is called?
Multiple Sclerosis
Which disease caused by the deterioration of patches of myelin?
multiple sclerosis
What is adrenoleukodystrophy?
Adrenoleukodystrophy is a degenerative genetic disease in which myelin is lost from nerve cells in the brain.
