Noun
cristopathy (plural cristopathies)
- Synonym of neurocristopathy.
1998, Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, page 8:In an attempt to test the hypothesis that arterial dissection arises from a "cristopathy". or abnormality in neural crest development, we have looked for an association between cervical arterial dissection and aortic root dilation.
2006, Isabelle Rapin, “Hearing Impairment”, in Kenneth F. Swaiman, Stephen Ashwal, Donna M. Ferriero, editor, Pediatric Neurology: Principles & Practice, page 106:Because the neural crest contributes to the formation of the ear and these other systems, the entire malformation complex may be regarded as a cristopathy.
2012, Q. Ashton Acton, Encephalomyelitis:These and other data allow us to propose that MS is a developmental neural crest disorder, i.e. a cristopathy, implicating glial cell dysfunction with diffuse blood-brain barrier breakdown.