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DOID:5213 - chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Disease Ontology Definition:An autoimmune disease of peripheral nervous system that is characterized by inflammation of nerve roots and peripheral nerves and destruction of the fatty protective covering (myelin sheath) over the nerves. This affects how fast the nerve signals are transmitted and leads to loss of nerve fibers.
Synonyms: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (disorder),
Xenbase Genes :
MONDO:0006702 - chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy |
Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD
Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s):
autoimmune disease of peripheral nervous system (is_a),
demyelinating polyneuropathy (is_a),
polyradiculoneuropathy (is_a)