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Loss of axonal myelin sheath

Specify some of the diseases characterized by the progressive loss of axonal myelin sheath?

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Multiple sclerosis is a severe disease which is caused by the progressive destruction of myelin sheath in central nervous system. The Guillain-Barré disease is because of the destruction of myelin sheath within the peripheral nervous system caused by the autoimmunity. The genetic deficiency while the preservation or formation of myelin sheath is an X-linked inheritance known as adrenoleukodystrophy. The movie ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ characterises a boy having this disease and his father's dramatic search for its treatment.

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