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Descriptor
English
:
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Atrofia Muscular Espinal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Atrofia Muscular Espinal
Synonyms
English
:
Progressive Muscular Atrophy
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Bulbospinal Neuronopathy
Oculopharyngeal Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Tree Number:
C10.228.854.468
C10.574.562.500
C10.668.467.500
C10.668.475
Definition
English
:
A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of
motor neurons
in the
spinal cord
resulting in weakness and
muscular atrophy
, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. Diseases in this category include Werdnig-Hoffmann
disease
and later onset
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD
, most of which are hereditary. (Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, p1089)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
MUSCULAR ATROPHY
, SPINAL, INFANTILE see
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD
is also available
History Note
English
:
1988
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
22949
Unique Identifier:
D009134
Occurrence in VHL
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