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Neurodegenerative Diseases

"Neurodegenerative Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Hereditary and sporadic conditions which are characterized by progressive nervous system dysfunction. These disorders are often associated with atrophy of the affected central or peripheral nervous system structures.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Neurodegenerative Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Neurodegenerative Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 47 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009 and 2012
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