Concept information
Preferred term
Wallerian Degeneration
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
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
In other languages
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Finnish
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aksonotmeesi
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degeneratio Walleri
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Waller
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Wallerin rappeuma
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014855
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