Preferred Label : marchiafava-bignami disease;

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.;

MeSH synonym : marchiafava-bignami syndrome; marchiafava bignami syndrome; marchiafava bignami disease;

CISMeF synonym : Marchiafava-Bignami; marchiafava-bignami's disease;

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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
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