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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.
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- Degeneration, Wallerian
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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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91(75); was see under NERVE DEGENERATION 1975-90
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- National Library of Medicine. Wallerian Degeneration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014855. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014855
- Wallerian Degeneration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallerian_degeneration
- Wallerian Degeneration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753825