demyelinating disease
MONDO:0002562Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names demyelinating disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A broad group of disorders that affect the myelin sheaths that cover the neurons. Myelin sheathes cover neuronal axons in the central and peripheral nervous system and function to increase traveling impulse speeds. Disruption of this sheath impairs neuronal transmission and can result in disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, among others.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002562), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: demyelinating disease
- Also called
- demyelinating disorder