Marburg acute multiple sclerosis
MONDO:0016429Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Marburg acute multiple sclerosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Marburg acute multiple sclerosis is a rare variant of multiple sclerosis characterized by a rapidly progressive, aggressive form of multiple sclerosis with numerous large multifocal demyelinating lesions in deep white matter on cerebral MRI that usually leads to severe disability or death within weeks to months without remission. A relapsing form of multiple sclerosis is observed in surviving patients.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016429), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: Marburg acute multiple sclerosis
- Also called
- acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg typeacute multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant