multiple sclerosis
disease that damages the myelin sheaths around nerve axons
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multiple sclerosis
Summary
multiple sclerosis is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98,878 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- multiple sclerosis is credited with the discovery of Jean-Martin Charcot[3].
- multiple sclerosis's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[4].
- multiple sclerosis's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
- multiple sclerosis's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[6].
- multiple sclerosis is a type of demyelinating disease[7].
- multiple sclerosis is a type of demyelinating disease of central nervous system[8].
- multiple sclerosis is a type of autoimmune disease of central nervous system[9].
- multiple sclerosis's Commons category is recorded as Multiple sclerosis[10].
- multiple sclerosis's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N86[11].
- multiple sclerosis's symptoms and signs is recorded as chronic neuropathic pain[12].
- multiple sclerosis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Multiple sclerosis[13].
- multiple sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as magnetic resonance imaging[14].
- multiple sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as positron emission tomography[15].
- multiple sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as lumbar puncture[16].
- multiple sclerosis's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00038'}[17].
- multiple sclerosis's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.001671'}[18].
- multiple sclerosis's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/3806[19].
- multiple sclerosis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
- multiple sclerosis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
- multiple sclerosis's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[22].
- multiple sclerosis's topic has template is recorded as Template:Demyelinating diseases of CNS[23].
- multiple sclerosis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 340[24].
- multiple sclerosis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3243[25].
- multiple sclerosis's different from is recorded as sclerosis[26].
- multiple sclerosis's health specialty is recorded as neurology[27].
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Works and Contributions
multiple sclerosis is credited with the discovery of Jean-Martin Charcot[3].
Why It Matters
multiple sclerosis ranks in the top 3% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98,878 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]