Hereditary CNS demyelinating disease

Hereditary CNS demyelinating disease
Specialty	Neurology, medical genetics, endocrinology

A hereditary CNS demyelinating disease is a demyelinating central nervous system disease that is primarily due to an inherited genetic condition. (This is in contrast to autoimmune demyelinating conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, or conditions such as central pontine myelinolysis that are associated with acute acquired insult.)^{[citation needed]}

Examples include:^[1]

• Alexander disease
• Canavan disease
• Krabbe disease
• leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
• megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
• metachromatic leukodystrophy
• X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

References

1. "Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases - Genetics Home Reference". Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2009-03-11.

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