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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Movement Disorders > Multiple System Atrophy > Striatonigral Degeneration
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Basal Ganglia Diseases > Multiple System Atrophy > Striatonigral Degeneration
Nervous System Diseases > Autonomic Nervous System Diseases > Primary Dysautonomias > Multiple System Atrophy > Striatonigral Degeneration
Nervous System Diseases > Neurodegenerative Diseases > Synucleinopathies > Multiple System Atrophy > Striatonigral Degeneration
... > Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Proteostasis Deficiencies > Synucleinopathies > Multiple System Atrophy > Striatonigral Degeneration

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Striatonigral Degeneration  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Atrophies, Striatonigral
  • Atrophy, Striatonigral
  • Striatonigral Atrophies
  • Striatonigral Atrophy

Scope note

  • A sporadic neurodegenerative disease with onset in middle-age characterized clinically by Parkinsonian features (e.g., MUSCLE RIGIDITY; HYPOKINESIA; stooped posture) and HYPOTENSION. This condition is considered a clinical variant of MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. Pathologic features include a prominent loss of neurons in the zona compacta of the SUBSTANTIA NIGRA and PUTAMEN. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1075-6)

History note

  • 2000; use MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY 1998-1999

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020955

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