Vanishing white matter disease

uploaded on: Apr 05, 2009
by: jdmiles

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The neurons outlined in green are chromatolytic. Chromatolytic neurons are pale and swollen in reaction to axonal injury. Axonal injury may occur in demyelinating disease secondary to the loss of myelin.

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