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Descriptor English:
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Retrograde Degeneration
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Degeneración Retrógrada
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Degeneração Retrógrada
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Synonyms English:
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Axon Reaction
Nissl Degeneration
Retrograde Degeneration, Transneuronal
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Tree Number:
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C23.550.737.500
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Definition English:
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Pathologic changes that occur in the axon and cell body of a neuron proximal to an axonal lesion. The process is characterized by central chromatolysis which features flattening and displacement of the nucleus, loss of Nissl bodies, and cellular edema. Central chromatolysis primarily occurs in lower motor neurons. |
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under NERVE DEGENERATION 1975-90; NISSL DEGENERATION was see NERVE DEGENERATION 1997, was heading 1975-96 (see under NERVE DEGENERATION 1975-90)
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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12599
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Unique Identifier:
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D012183
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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