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Mesh term Wallerian Degeneration

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Nerve Degeneration

Description

Degeneration of distal aspects of a nerve axon following injury to the cell body or proximal portion of the axon. The process is characterized by fragmentation of the axon and its MYELIN SHEATH.



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