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PRIMARY DEGENERATION CORPUS CALLOSUM [1 record]

Record 1 2024-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
G37.1
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Marchiafava Bignami disease is defined by characteristic demyelination of the corpus callosum (erosion of the protective covering of nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres of the brain). The disease seems to most often affect severe and chronic alcoholics in their middle or late adult life.

OBS

G37.1: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Key term(s)
  • Marchiafava-Bignami's disease
  • Marchiafava Bignami's syndrome

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
G37.1
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Démyélinisation étendue du corps calleux, débordant souvent dans la substance blanche hémisphérique avec nécrose entraînant l'apparition d'un état démentiel et des troubles neuromusculaires.

OBS

G37.1 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Sistema nervioso
Entrada(s) universal(es)
G37.1
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Síndrome debido a la desmielinización y posible necrosis del cuerpo calloso.

OBS

G37.1: código de la Clasificación Estadística Internacional de Enfermedades y Problemas Relacionados con la Salud.

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