primary progressive cerebellar degeneration

primary progressive cerebellar degeneration
a familial disease in which neurodegeneration involves the cerebellum, causing motor disorders; it occurs most often in adults between the ages of 30 and 40 and progresses slowly to a fatal termination; called also Holmes d.

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