Types
Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system include:
- Multiple sclerosis (together with the similar diseases called idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases)
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Central pontine myelinolysis
- Tabes Dorsalis
- Transverse myelitis
- Devic's disease
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Optic neuritis
- Leukodystrophies
Demyelinating diseases of the peripheral nervous system include:
- Guillain-Barré syndrome and its chronic counterpart, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- Anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Copper deficiency
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