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Cells > Neuroglia > Schwann Cells
Nervous System > Neuroglia > Schwann Cells

Preferred term

Schwann Cells  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons.

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Synonym(s)

  • Schwann Cell

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZMG72JLP-W

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