Diseases

Tabes Dorsalis

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)

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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)

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  • Tabes Spinalis
  • Tabetic Neurosyphilis
  • Neurosyphilis, Tabetic
  • Spinalis, Tabes
  • Locomotor Ataxia
  • Myelosyphilis
  • Spinal Cord Syphilis
  • Spinal Meningovascular Syphilis
  • Syphilis, Spinal Cord
  • Syphilitic Meningomyelitis
  • Ataxia, Locomotor
  • Ataxias, Locomotor
  • Locomotor Ataxias
  • Meningomyelitides, Syphilitic
  • Meningomyelitis, Syphilitic
  • Meningovascular Syphilis, Spinal
  • Syphilis, Spinal Meningovascular
  • Syphilitic Meningomyelitides

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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, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tabes Dorsalis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013606. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013606
  2. Tabes Dorsalis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabes_dorsalis
  3. Tabes Dorsalis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2583311