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Leukoencephalopathies

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Definition: Any of various diseases affecting the white matter of the central nervous system.     
See Also Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B
Examples Dementia, Vascular; Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS; Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal; Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome 		Other names White Matter Disease; Diseases, White Matter; Disease, White Matter; White Matter Diseases; Leukoencephalopathy with Vanishing White Matter; Leukoencephalopathy; Childhood Ataxia with Diffuse Central Nervous Syst
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
CACH/VWM syndrome  0   *Ataxia/congenital *Leukoencephalopathies.
Telencephalic leukoencephalopathy  0   *Leukoencephalopathies Telencephalon/abnormalities.
Leukoencephalopathy, arthritis, colitis, and hypogammaglobulinemia  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Agammaglobulinemia *Arthritis *Colitis *Leukoencephalopathies. Am J Med Genet A. 2004;128A(1):52-6

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