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Disorders characterized by an abnormal reduction in muscle volume due to a decrease in the size or number of muscle fibers. Atrophy may result from diseases intrinsic to muscle tissue (e.g., MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY) or secondary to PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES that impair innervation to muscle tissue (e.g., MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL).
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- Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
- Atrophic Muscular Disorder
- Disorder, Atrophic Muscular
- Disorders, Atrophic Muscular
- Muscular Disorder, Atrophic
- Atrophy, Disuse
- Atrophy, Spinopontine
- Spinopontine Atrophy
- Atrophies, Disuse
- Atrophies, Spinopontine
- Disuse Atrophies
- Disuse Atrophy
- Spinopontine Atrophies
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000
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- Muscular Atrophy (1966-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Atrophic Muscular Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020966. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020966
- Atrophic Muscular Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18558067