multiple sclerosis

disease that damages the myelin sheaths around nerve axons
MedicalCondition designated_intractable_rare_disease Q8277
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multiple sclerosis

Summary

multiple sclerosis is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,391 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • multiple sclerosis is credited with the discovery of Jean-Martin Charcot[3].
  • multiple sclerosis's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[4].
  • multiple sclerosis's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • multiple sclerosis's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[6].
  • multiple sclerosis is a type of demyelinating disease[7].
  • multiple sclerosis is a type of demyelinating disease of central nervous system[8].
  • multiple sclerosis is a type of autoimmune disease of central nervous system[9].
  • multiple sclerosis is a type of disease[10].
  • multiple sclerosis's Commons category is recorded as Multiple sclerosis[11].
  • multiple sclerosis's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N86[12].
  • multiple sclerosis's symptoms and signs is recorded as chronic neuropathic pain[13].
  • multiple sclerosis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Multiple sclerosis[14].
  • multiple sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as magnetic resonance imaging[15].
  • multiple sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as positron emission tomography[16].
  • multiple sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as lumbar puncture[17].
  • multiple sclerosis's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00032'}[18].
  • multiple sclerosis's prevalence is recorded as {'amount': '+0.001671'}[19].
  • multiple sclerosis's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/3806[20].
  • multiple sclerosis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • multiple sclerosis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • multiple sclerosis's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[23].
  • multiple sclerosis's topic has template is recorded as Template:Demyelinating diseases of CNS[24].
  • multiple sclerosis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 340[25].
  • multiple sclerosis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3243[26].
  • multiple sclerosis's different from is recorded as sclerosis[27].

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Works and Contributions

multiple sclerosis is credited with the discovery of Jean-Martin Charcot[3].

Why It Matters

multiple sclerosis ranks in the top 3% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,391 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . nanbyou.or.jp. Retrieved . nanbyou.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Cross-network coupling of neural oscillations in the dynamic pain connectome reflects chronic neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Multiple sclerosis: Etiology, symptoms, incidence and prevalence, and implications for community living and employment. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Iceland. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Retrieved . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Medicine, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of demyelinating disease, demyelinating disease of central nervous system, autoimmune disease of central nervous system +1
    Instance of designated intractable/rare disease, class of disease, symptom or sign
    Different from sclerosis
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4226, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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