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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
Cerebral dysmyelination  
CNS demyelination +   
CNS hypermyelination 
CNS hypomyelination +   
Delayed CNS myelination  
Leukodystrophy +   
Leukodystrophy refers to deterioration of white matter of the brain resulting from degeneration of myelin sheaths in the CNS. Their basic defect is directly related to the synthesis and maintenance of myelin membranes. Symmetric white matter involvement at MRI is a typical finding in patients with leukodystrophies.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Degeneration of white matter of brain
Alternate IDs: HP:0006926 ;   HP:0007079
Xrefs: SNOMEDCT_US:192781003 ;   UMLS:C0023520
Definition Sources: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199, PMID:30620693

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