marchiafava-bignami disease

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What does marchiafava-bignami disease mean?

A progressive neurological disease of alcohol use disorder or malnutrition, characterized by corpus callosum demyelination and necrosis and subsequent atrophy.

Where does marchiafava-bignami disease come from?

First described in 1903 by the Italian pathologists Amico Bignami and Ettore Marchiafava.

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