multiple sclerosis

Summary

DOID:2377 - multiple sclerosis

Disease Ontology Definition:A demyelinating disease that involves damage to the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord resulting in demyelination and scarring.

Synonyms: Generalized multiple sclerosis, Generalized multiple sclerosis (disorder), insular sclerosis,

Xenbase Genes Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

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Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):

MONDO:0005301 - multiple sclerosis

MONDO:0005301 - multiple sclerosis

Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee

Parent(s): autoimmune disease of central nervous system (is_a), demyelinating disease (is_a)