Medical dictionary. 2011.
Erb spastic paraplegia etc. — (erb) [Wilhelm Heinrich Erb, German neurologist, 1840–1921] see under paraplegia and point, see primary lateral sclerosis under sclerosis, and see Duchenne muscular dystrophy, under dystrophy … Medical dictionary
Erb-Charcot disease — Erb spastic paraplegia … Medical dictionary
Erb-Charcot disease — Erb Char·cot disease (erbґ shahr koґ) [W.H. Erb; Jean Martin Charcot, French neurologist, 1825–1893] Erb spastic paraplegia … Medical dictionary
Erb paralysis — 1. Erb Duchenne p. 2. Erb spastic paraplegia … Medical dictionary
paraplegia — Paralysis of both lower extremities and, generally, the lower trunk. [para + plege, a stroke] ataxic p. progressive ataxia and paresis of the leg muscles due to sclerosis of the lateral and posterior funiculi of the … Medical dictionary
syphilitic paraplegia — Erb spastic p … Medical dictionary
syphilitic meningomyelitis — Erb spastic paraplegia … Medical dictionary
cerebrospinal syphilis — Erb spastic paraplegia … Medical dictionary
spinal syphilis — syphilis primarily affecting the spinal cord; see tabes dorsalis, meningovascular neurosyphilis, and Erb spastic paraplegia. Called also myelosyphilis … Medical dictionary
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
