Gamuts

Demyelinating disease

A demyelinating disease is any disease of the nervous system in which the myelin sheath of neurons is damaged. This damage impairs the conduction of signals in the affected nerves. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Cause
Basal ganglion calcification
Multifocal intracranial lesions
May Be Caused by
 Common
AIDS
Multiple sclerosis
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
 Uncommon
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Acute encephalitis
Acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis
Anoxia
Binswanger disease
Brain abscess
Carbon monxide encephalopathy
Central pontine myelinolysis
Cerebral infarction
Cerebral neoplasm
Chemotherapy
Chickenpox
Congenital transplacental infection
Deficiency syndromes
Diffuse axonal injury
Diffuse necrotizing leukoencephalopathy
Epidemic encephalopathies
Herpes simplex
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
Malnutrition
Marchiafava-Bignami disease
Measles
Mumps
Radiation therapy
Rubella
Schilder disease
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
Toxic
Vascular abnormality
Vitamin B12 deficiency

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