Demyelinating Disorder

Preferred Label : Demyelinating Disorder;

NCIt synonyms : Demyelinating Disease;

NCIt definition : A broad group of disorders that affect the myelin sheaths that cover the neurons. Myelin sheathes cover neuronal axons in the central and peripheral nervous system and function to increase travelling impulse speeds. Disruption of this sheath impairs neuronal transmission and can result in disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, among others.;

Details

Origin ID

C34527;

UMLS CUI

C0011303;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- demyelinating disease [DO Concept]
- demyelinating disease [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Demyelinating disorders [MedDRA High Level Group Term]
- demyelinating diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
- demyelinating diseases [MeSH concept]
- demyelinating disorder [Disease (Nov.)]
DO Cross reference
- demyelinating disease [DO Concept]
False automatic mappings
- Demyelinating disease (excl multiple sclerosis) [MedDRA LLT]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Demyelinating disorders [MedDRA High Level Group Term]
- Demyelination disorder NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- demyelinating disease [DO Concept]
- demyelinating diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
- demyelinating diseases [MeSH concept]
- demyelinating disorder [Disease (Nov.)]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Neurological Development Terminology [NCIt concept]

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