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Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases

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Definition: Inherited conditions characterized by a loss of MYELIN in the central nervous system.     
Examples Adrenoleukodystrophy; Alexander Disease; Canavan Disease; Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell; Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic; Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
Other names Hereditary Demyelinating Diseases, Central Nervous; Central Nervous System Hereditary Demyelinating Di; Central Nervous System Demyelinating Hereditary Di; Demyelinating Diseases, Central Nervous System, He; Demyelinating Central Nervous System Diseases, Her; Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases, Her
 
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Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts  0   *Cysts *Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases.

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