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Wallerian Degeneration  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Degeneration of distal aspects of a nerve axon following injury to the cell body or proximal portion of the axon. The process is characterized by fragmentation of the axon and its MYELIN SHEATH.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under NERVE DEGENERATION 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014855

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