Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Japanese: 急性播種性脳脊髄炎 - きゅうせいはしゅせいのうせきずいえん
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

…Both are hereditary diseases of young children, and the main clinical features are spastic limb paralysis, convulsions, dementia, or mental retardation. However, peripheral nerve myelin is also lost, and a decrease in peripheral nerve conduction velocity is often observed. (2) Autoimmune diseases include acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, postinfectious encephalomyelitis, and postvaccination encephalomyelitis. These are caused by the destruction of the myelin sheath around the venules by lymphocytes that have been autosensitized to the basic proteins of the myelin sheath, and similar pathological conditions can be produced in animal experiments. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "acute disseminated encephalomyelitis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いずれも幼小児の遺伝性疾患で,痙性四肢麻痺,痙攣(けいれん),痴呆または精神遅滞などが臨床像の中核をなしているが,末梢神経の髄鞘も同様に失われるため,末梢神経伝導速度の低下がしばしば認められる。(2)自己免疫によるものとしては,急性播種性脳脊髄炎,ないし感染後脳脊髄炎またはワクチン接種後脳脊髄炎がある。これは髄鞘の塩基性タンパク質に対して自己感作されたリンパ球により主として小静脈周囲部の髄鞘が破壊されることによって生じ,動物実験で同様の病態をつくることができる。…

※「急性播種性脳脊髄炎」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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