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Descriptor
English
:
Marchiafava-Bignami Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Marchiafava-Bignami
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Marchiafava-Bignami
Tree Number:
C10.228.140.163.510
C10.314.475
Definition
English
:
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.
History Note
English
:
2008
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
52589
Unique Identifier:
D054319
Occurrence in VHL
:
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