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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System > Spinocerebellar Degenerations > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Nervous System Diseases > Neurodegenerative Diseases > Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System > Spinocerebellar Degenerations > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Spinal Cord Diseases > Spinocerebellar Degenerations > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Cerebellar Diseases > Spinocerebellar Degenerations > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Cerebellar Diseases > Cerebellar Ataxia > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Dyskinesias > Ataxia > Cerebellar Ataxia > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
... > Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Dyskinesias > Ataxia > Cerebellar Ataxia > Spinocerebellar Ataxias
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Movement Disorders > Dyskinesias > Ataxia > Cerebellar Ataxia > Spinocerebellar Ataxias

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Spinocerebellar Ataxias  

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  • Atrophies, Spinocerebellar
  • Atrophy, Spinocerebellar
  • Spinocerebellar Atrophies
  • Spinocerebellar Atrophy

Note

  • SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 3 see MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE is available

Scope note

  • A group of predominately late-onset, cerebellar ataxias which have been divided into multiple subtypes based on clinical features and genetic mapping. Progressive ataxia is a central feature of these conditions, and in certain subtypes POLYNEUROPATHY; DYSARTHRIA; visual loss; and other disorders may develop. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1997, Ch65, pp 12-17; J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1998 Jun;57(6):531-43)

History note

  • 2000; use SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION 1987-1999

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020754

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