Shy-Drager Syndrome
"Shy-Drager Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A progressive neurodegenerative condition of the central and autonomic nervous systems characterized by atrophy of the preganglionic lateral horn neurons of the thoracic spinal cord. This disease is generally considered a clinical variant of MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. Affected individuals present in the fifth or sixth decade with ORTHOSTASIS and bladder dysfunction; and later develop FECAL INCONTINENCE; anhidrosis; ATAXIA; IMPOTENCE; and alterations of tone suggestive of basal ganglia dysfunction. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p536)
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D012791
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.177.575.550.750 C10.228.140.079.612.700 C10.228.662.550.700 C10.574.625.700 C10.574.875 C14.907.514.741
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Concept/Terms |
Shy-Drager Syndrome- Shy-Drager Syndrome
- Shy Drager Syndrome
- Syndrome, Shy-Drager
- Syndrome, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension
- Syndrome, Dysautonomia Orthostatic Hypotension
- Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic
- Dysautonomic Orthostatic Hypotension
- Dysautonomic Orthostatic Hypotensions
- Hypotension, Dysautonomic Orthostatic
- Hypotensions, Dysautonomic Orthostatic
- Orthostatic Hypotensions, Dysautonomic
- Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome
- Dysautonomia Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome
- Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension Syndromes
- Hypotension Syndrome, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic
- Hypotension Syndromes, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic
- Syndromes, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension
- Autonomic Failure, Progressive
- Autonomic Failures, Progressive
- Failure, Progressive Autonomic
- Failures, Progressive Autonomic
- Progressive Autonomic Failure
- Progressive Autonomic Failures
- Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension, Shy-Drager Type
- Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension, Shy Drager Type
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Litvan I, Goetz CG, Jankovic J, Wenning GK, Booth V, Bartko JJ, McKee A, Jellinger K, Lai EC, Brandel JP, Verny M, Chaudhuri KR, Pearce RK, Agid Y. What is the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of multiple system atrophy? A clinicopathologic study. Arch Neurol. 1997 Aug; 54(8):937-44.
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