A demyelinating disease is a disease characterized by damage to the myelin sheaths that cover the nerves. When demyelinating...
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that damages the protective covering around nerves in the brain and spinal cord due to inflammation. In areas of the brain and spinal cord affected by MS, signals transmitted across nerves are slowed or blocked, causing neurological symp...
A Demyelinating Disease; What Lies Beneath?Fatma RabahDepartment of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University HospitalAlaa ElmanzalawyDepartment of Radiology, Sultan Qaboos UniversityDipali BhuyanDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Royal HospitalNagwa El-Banna...
refers to the decline and loss of cognitive function (for example, short-term and long-term memory, attention, executive function, and reasoning) that may accompany a wide and complex range of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Bodies Diseases, demyelinating diseases, or ...
The location and number of lesions on MRI scans, as well as the resulting symptoms, are among the factors that help distinguish between MS and these related demyelinating disorders.Transverse myelitisIn transverse myelitis, the inflammation and myelin damage are found in the spinal cord. Classic ...
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The most common variant is called acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, or AIDP. This form affects the insulation around the nerves but usually not the nerves themselves. Two other variants, acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) and acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN), are ...
Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease, in which the patient's immune system attacks and destroys the cells that form the myelin sheath in the central nervous system. (a) What types of symptoms would you expect from such a disease? Why? (b) Would ...