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Shy-Drager Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A progressive neurodegenerative condition of the central and autonomic nervous systems characterized by atrophy of the preganglionic lateral horn neurons of the thoracic spinal cord. This disease is generally considered a clinical variant of MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. Affected individuals present in the fifth or sixth decade with ORTHOSTASIS and bladder dysfunction; and later develop FECAL INCONTINENCE; anhidrosis; ATAXIA; IMPOTENCE; and alterations of tone suggestive of basal ganglia dysfunction. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p536)

Entry terms

  • Autonomic Failure, Progressive
  • Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome
  • Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension, Shy-Drager Type
  • Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic
  • Syndrome, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension

In other languages

  • French

  • Hypotension orthostatique dysautonomique
  • Hypotension orthostatique idiopathique type Shy-Drager
  • SSD (Syndrome de Shy-Drager)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NQHNRQ04-L

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