Demyelination refers to damage to the myelin around nerves. Myelin coats many nerves in the body, but it can become damaged due to inflammation from viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and ...

However, extensive loss of myelin generally leads to irreversible degeneration of the axon and cell body. ... There is no cure for demyelinating diseases or to prevent their progression, ...

There are several demyelinating diseases: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) This is the most common demyelinating disorder. One in 500 people have it.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease (IDD) with an aetiology that remains obscure, despite extensive research on this subject.

In the CNS, remyelination of denuded axons occurs to reinstate neuronal function. Franklin and ffrench-Constant consider the cells and molecular signals that are required for remyelination and how ...

THE finding of areas of extensive perivascular demyelinization with a predilection for ... A. Review of experimental studies on etiology of human demyelinating diseases. In Proceedings of the ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is a common, albeit underdiagnosed, and potentially treatable disease with an estimated prevalence of about 0.5 per 100,000 children 1 and 1 to 2 ...

During follow-up, 33 (28%) of 116 patients positive for MOG antibody disease had relapses. Most of these patients (99/116, 85%) recovered well.

Director, Center for Pediatric Onset Demyelinating Diseases. Education Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine Residency: Child Neurology – University of Alabama at Birmingham. Research ...

MILAN — Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) does not appear to demonstrate a consistent and significant risk for demyelinating disease, according ...

Examples of some of the symptoms that may manifest in demyelinating diseases include: Impaired vision, ocular paralysis; Speech problems; Muscle movement disorder such as ataxia and unsteady gait; ...