Diseases

Subacute Combined Degeneration

A neuropathy due to VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY or to excessive NITROUS OXIDE inhalation. It is associated with overproduction of the myelinolytic TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA.

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Abstract

A neuropathy due to VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY or to excessive NITROUS OXIDE inhalation. It is associated with overproduction of the myelinolytic TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA.

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  • Neuropathy, Subacute Combined Degeneration
  • Subacute Combined Neuropathy Degeneration

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35 allowable subheadings

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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History Note

2007

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Previous Indexing

  • Nerve Degeneration (1971-2006)
  • Nervous System Diseases (1965-2006)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Subacute Combined Degeneration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052879. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052879
  2. Subacute Combined Degeneration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_combined_degeneration_of_spinal_cord
  3. Subacute Combined Degeneration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1424137