Diseases

Leukoencephalopathies

Any of various diseases affecting the white matter of the central nervous system.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Any of various diseases affecting the white matter of the central nervous system.

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27 entry terms
  • Leukoencephalopathy
  • White Matter Diseases
  • White Matter Disease
  • CACH Syndrome
  • CACH VWM Syndrome
  • Childhood Ataxia with Central Nervous System Hypomyelination
  • Childhood Ataxia with Central Nervous System Hypomyelinization
  • Childhood Ataxia with Diffuse Central Nervous System Hypomyelination
  • Cree Leukoencephalopathy
  • Leukoencephalopathy VWM1
  • Leukoencephalopathy VWM5
  • Leukoencephalopathy With Vanishing White Matter 1
  • Leukoencephalopathy With Vanishing White Matter 5
  • Leukoencephalopathy with Vanishing White Matter
  • Myelinosis Centralis Diffusa
  • Vanishing White Matter Disease
  • Vanishing White Matter Leukodystrophy
  • CACH Syndromes
  • CACH VWM Syndromes
  • Centralis Diffusa, Myelinosis
  • Cree Leukoencephalopathies
  • Diffusa, Myelinosis Centralis
  • Diffusas, Myelinosis Centralis
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Cree
  • Myelinosis Centralis Diffusas
  • Syndrome, CACH VWM
  • VWM Syndrome, CACH

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2010

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Leukoencephalopathies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056784. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056784
  2. Leukoencephalopathies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukoencephalopathy
  3. Leukoencephalopathies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237081