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What disease strips myelin from nerves?
the disease that strips myelin from nerves is meningitis
A deterioration in the myelin sheaths of motor axons to the lower leg would be expected to?
Cause leg pain and weakness
What genetic disease is characterized by an excess build up of myelin?
canavan disease
What are the possible effects of metachromatic leukodystrophy?
With destruction of the myelin sheath, progressive deterioration of muscle control and intellectual ability occurs
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that involves the degeneration of the?
Myelin sheath
What are the different types of Leukodystrophy caused by?
They are all caused by either an abnormality in one of the protein components of myelin, or by a defective or missing enzyme that assists in the production or normal degradation of myelin
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.
What disease is characterized by an autoimmune attack on myelin in the CNS?
it is multiple sclerosis
A neurologic disease that destroys the myelin sheath around axons?
multiple scerlosis
An autoimmune disease which results in the destruction of myelin sheaths is called?
Multiple Sclerosis
What is caused by an autoimmune attack on the myelin in the central nervous system?
multiple sclerosis
What is adrenoleukodystrophy?
Adrenoleukodystrophy is a degenerative genetic disease in which myelin is lost from nerve cells in the brain.
