Term Name: multiple sclerosis
Synonyms: Generalized multiple sclerosis, insular sclerosis
Definition: A demyelinating disease that involves damage to the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord resulting in demyelination and scarring.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:2377]   ( DOID:2377 )

Relationships
is a type of: autoimmune disease of central nervous system demyelinating disease
has subtype: Balo concentric sclerosis primary progressive multiple sclerosis progressive relapsing multiple sclerosis relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis secondary progressive multiple sclerosis