CNS demyelinating autoimmune diseases are autoimmune diseases which primarily affect the central nervous system.
Examples include:
- Diffuse cerebral sclerosis of Schilder
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
- Multiple sclerosis (though ethiology is unknown, it is sure that immune system is involved)
- Transverse myelitis
- Neuromyelitis optica
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