Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

A neurodegenerative condition that is characterized by demyelination or necrosis of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. Symptoms include DEPRESSION; PARANOIA; DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and ATAXIA which can progress to COMA and death in a few months. Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome is seen often in alcoholics but has been found in non-alcoholics as well.

Also Known As:

Marchiafava-Bignami Syndrome; Marchiafava Bignami Disease; Marchiafava Bignami Syndrome

Nervous System Diseases: 14178
- Demyelinating Diseases: 9131
  - Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: 30
- Central Nervous System Diseases: 4213
  - Brain Diseases: 15694
    - Metabolic Brain Diseases: 215
      - Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: 30

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