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Is progressive retina atrophy a recessive or dominant genetic disorder?
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Progressive Retina Atrophy is a dominant genetic disorder.
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What neurological disorder characterized by muscle atrophy and progressive paralysis eventually leading to death?
sezures
What progressive neurological disorder is characterized by atrophy and eventual paralysis of all the muscles in the body?
Lou Gehrigs disease
What kind of disease is spinal muscular atrophy?
Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive disease. The severity of spinal muscular atrophy varies, and is the most common genetic cause of infant death.
What has the author Sven Brandt written?
Sven Brandt has written: 'Werdnig-Hoffmann's infantile progressive muscular atrophy' -- subject(s): Atrophy, Muscular, Diseases, In infancy and childhood, Infants, Muscular atrophy
How do damaged motor neurons affect muscles?
Often, a disorder of the motor neurons results in progressive muscle atrophy (shrinking and wasting) of some, if not all, the muscles of the body. Muscle twitching (fasciculation) is common among these disorders
What is severe corticol atrophy?
Severe cortical atrophy is also known as dementia. The symptoms of dementia are a progressive impairment of memory and intellectual function that is severe enough to interfere with the activities of daily living.
What is progressive weakening and size reduction of muscle tissue which is usually the result of disease or disuse is called?
Atrophy is progressive weakening and size reduction of muscle tissue which is usually the result of disease or disuse.
Is Huntington's Disease a defect of the cerebellar cortex?
No. Huntington's Disease is a pathological process affecting subcortical structures, not the cerebellar cortex. It does cause generalized atrophy of the cerebral cortex, over time, however. It is a genetic disorder, autosomal dominant in its transmission process, and occurring on chromosome number 4.
What is SMA syndrome?
SMA = Spinal muscular atrophy. There are different types of SMA, all I believe are genetic and are autosomal recessive. They cause weakness and paralysis in the lower motor neurons.
What is the cause of multiple system atrophy?
The cause of MSA has not been identified. MSA occurs in the general population in a sporadic manner. The disorder is degenerative and progressively worsens.
What is a Sentence for atrophy?
She has a muscular atrophy.
What is bone atrophy?
Atrophy is the wearing away of an organ or tissue because of lack of use. Bone Atrophy, obviously, is atrophy of bones.
