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Alexander disease

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Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder of the astrocytes comprised of two clinical forms: AxD Type I and Type II manifesting with various degrees of macrocephaly, spasticity, ataxia and seizures and leading to psychomotor regression and death. [ Orphanet:58 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0270726 (Orphanet:58/e)
  • MESH:D038261 (Orphanet:58/e)
  • DOID:4252 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • GARD:0005774 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • OMIM:203450 (Orphanet:58/e)
  • NCIT:C84545 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • Orphanet:58 (OMIM:203450)
  • SCTID:81854007 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
Subsets

gard_rare, ordo_disease

abbreviation
ALXDRD [ OMIM:203450 MONDO:Lexical ]

definition

Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder of the astrocytes comprised of two clinical forms: AxD Type I and Type II manifesting with various degrees of macrocephaly, spasticity, ataxia and seizures and leading to psychomotor regression and death.

exactMatch

https://omim.org/entry/203450, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0270726, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D038261, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4252, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C84545, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_58, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/81854007

has exact synonym

Alexander disease, Alexander's disease, AxD

has related synonym

ALXDRD, megalencephaly in infancy accompanied by progressive spasticity and dementia, alexanders leukodystrophy

id

MONDO:0008752

seeAlso

https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/5774/alexander-disease

Term relations

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