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Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy (disease) — Du·chenne Aran muscular atrophy (disease) (du shenґ ah rahґ) [G.B.A. Duchenne; Franзois Amilcar Aran, French physician, 1817–1861] spinal muscular atrophy; see under atrophy … Medical dictionary
Aran-Duchenne disease — spinal muscular atrophy … Medical dictionary
Progressive muscular atrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 9 335.21 DiseasesDB 29149 … Wikipedia
spinal muscular atrophy — n any of several inherited disorders (as Kugelberg Welander disease) that are characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in muscular weakness and atrophy and that in some forms (as Werdnig Hoffmann disease)… … Medical dictionary
Duchenne de Boulogne — Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant faradize the mimetic muscles of The Old Man … Wikipedia
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Duchenne — Guillaume B.A., French neurologist, 1806–1875. See D. disease, D. sign, D. Aran disease, Aran D. disease, D. Erb paralysis, D. dystrophy. * * * Du·chenne dü shen, də also Du·chenne s shenz adj relating to or being Duchenne muscular dystrophy… … Medical dictionary
Duchenne-Aran disease — spinal muscular atrophy … Medical dictionary
sclerosis — 1. SYN: induration (2). 2. In neuropathy, induration of nervous and other structures by a hyperplasia of the interstitial fibrous or glial connective tissue. [G. sklerosis, hardness] Alzheimer s … Medical dictionary
List of eponymous diseases — An eponymous disease is one that has been named after the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal. Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples… … Wikipedia
