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demyelinate
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demyelinate
[dēmī′əlināt′]
to remove or destroy the myelin surrounding the axons of nerve cells.

demyelinate (dēmī´lināt),
n the process of removing or damaging the myelin sheath surrounding a nerve.

demyelinate
to destroy or remove the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves.


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Contributions cover acute neuropathies, chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy and its variants, nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy, dysimmune neuropathy, autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy, myasthenia gravis with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies, muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase antibody-positive and seronegative myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, and stiff person syndrome.
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