See Also: vitamin B12 neuropathy(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
neuropathy(dictionary)
Neuropathy(health)
neuropathy(encyclopedia)
Neuropathy(medicine)
peripheral neuropathy(medicine)
lead neuropathy(medicine)
Diabetic neuropathy(health)

vitamin B12 neuropathy (medicine)


vitamin B12 neuropathy -->
subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord


A subacute or chronic disorder of the spinal cord, such as that occurring in certain patients with vitamin B12 deficiency, characterised by a slight to moderate degree of gliosis in association with spongiform degeneration of the posterior and lateral columns.

Synonym: combined sclerosis, combined system disease, funicular myelitis, Putnam-Dana syndrome, vitamin B12 neuropathy.