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Descriptor English:   Tabes Dorsalis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Tabes Dorsal 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Tabes Dorsal 
Synonyms English:   Ataxia, Locomotor
Ataxias, Locomotor
Locomotor Ataxia
Locomotor Ataxias
Meningomyelitides, Syphilitic
Meningomyelitis, Syphilitic
Meningovascular Syphilis, Spinal
Myelosyphilis
Neurosyphilis, Tabetic
Spinal Cord Syphilis
Spinal Meningovascular Syphilis
Spinalis, Tabes
Syphilis, Spinal Cord
Syphilis, Spinal Meningovascular
Syphilitic Meningomyelitides
Syphilitic Meningomyelitis
Tabes Spinalis
Tabetic Neurosyphilis  
Tree Number:   C01.150.252.223.600.800
C01.150.252.400.794.840.500.750.800
C01.150.252.400.840.500.750.800
C01.207.180.600.800
C10.228.228.180.600.800
C10.228.854.889
Definition English:   Parenchymatous NEUROSYPHILIS marked by slowly progressive degeneration of the posterior columns, posterior roots, and ganglia of the spinal cord. The condition tends to present 15 to 20 years after the initial infection and is characterized by lightening-like pains in the lower extremities, URINARY INCONTINENCE; ATAXIA; severely impaired position and vibratory sense, abnormal gait (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), OPTIC ATROPHY; Argyll-Robertson pupils, hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and trophic joint degeneration (Charcot's Joint; see ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p726) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
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
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
TM transmission UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   13989 
Unique Identifier:   D013606 

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