MeSH definition : A neurodegenerative condition that is characterized by demyelination or necrosis of
the CORPUS CALLOSUM. Symptoms include DEPRESSION; PARANOIA; DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and
ATAXIA which can progress to COMA and death in a few months. Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome
is seen often in alcoholics but has been found in non-alcoholics as well.;
A neurodegenerative condition that is characterized by demyelination or necrosis of
the CORPUS CALLOSUM. Symptoms include DEPRESSION; PARANOIA; DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and
ATAXIA which can progress to COMA and death in a few months. Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome
is seen often in alcoholics but has been found in non-alcoholics as well.
http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=FR&Expert=221074 2011 France scientific and technical information marchiafava-bignami disease