Demyelinating diseases are a group of disorders of the nervous system that involve loss of the myelin sheath that normally surrounds the neurons. Demyelinating diseases can affect both the central ...

Demyelinating diseases of the brain and spinal cord Some types of demyelination result from inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. These can include: MS is a progressive autoimmune disease ...

Gene therapy researchers have treated two boys with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), a demyelinating disease highlighted in the movie “Lorenzo's Oil.” Such individuals are normally ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an immune-mediated neuropathy that affects the peripheral motor and sensory nerves. The symptoms are of a slowly progressive numbness and tingling ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is the most common chronic immune-mediated neuropathy. It affects ...

The UAB Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease (CPODD) is one of the founding Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centers of Excellence in the country designated and funded in 2006 by the ...

CIDP treatment focuses on reducing and slowing the immune processes damaging your peripheral nervous system. It includes corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasma exchange, but new ...

GBS, also known as classic or ascending paralysis, begins in the lower limbs and is technically called Acute Inflammatory ...

Vyvgart Hytrulo is FDA-approved for the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). It is given once a week as a shot under the skin. Vyvgart Hytrulo may also be ...