Sentences with phrase «system atrophy»
"System atrophy" refers to a gradual and progressive deterioration or shrinking of a system or organ in our body. It means that the system or organ is slowly becoming smaller or weaker, losing its normal functioning over time. Full definition
From 1991 through 2010, the 461 patients with a synucleinopathy diagnosis included 309 with Parkinson disease, 81 with dementia with Lewy bodies, 55 with Parkinson disease dementia and 16 with multiple system atrophy with parkinsonism.
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The highest risk of death was seen among patients with multiple system atrophy with parkinsonism, followed by patients with dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson disease dementia and Parkinson disease, according to the results.
«I watched her central nervous system atrophy as she became, at the age of six, unable to walk, talk, or even sit up.»
A new article published by JAMA Neurology compares survival rates among patients with synucleinopathies, including Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson disease dementia and multiple system atrophy with parkinsonism, with individuals in the general population.
THE Party at NACS will be held at The Joint in the Hard Rock Las Vegas from 7:00 PM to midnight, and will help raise proceeds for Multiple System Atrophy, a fatal degenerative neurological disorder.
September 11, 2015: The Rock N» Roll Chef Kerry Simon lost his battle with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) the progressive neurodegenerative disorder that -LSB-...]
Humanists UK also intends to apply to intervene in a separate assisted dying case in the autumn in support of its member «Omid T», who suffers from multiple systems atrophy.
The test could enable earlier diagnosis of a group of degenerative brain diseases called synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson's disease, Lewy Body dementia, and multiple system atrophy.
As published this week in Nucleic Acids Research, they have discovered a mechanism that regulates the expression of alpha - synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA).
The research from Tartaglia and collaborators is particularly relevant for patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA).
Identifying these factors is relevant for further understanding Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy,» adds Elias Bechara, CRG researcher and one of the authors of the article.
Although our method revealed several candidates, we decided to test the ones that are more relevant for Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy,» explains Gian Gaetano Tartaglia.
Lewy bodies (LB) and other intracellular α - synuclein (AS) aggregates accumulate in the aging nervous system, and a high burden of such aggregates are hallmark neuropathological signs of Parkinson's disease (PD), Lewy body dementia (LBD), multiple systems atrophy (MSA), and other synucleinopathies.
SND is a sub-type of multiple system atrophy (MSA) that leads to parkinsonism.
The latter could be caused by the former, but also by other conditions such as progressive supranuclear palsy (a rare brain disorder that destroys nerve cells) or multiple system atrophy (a degenerative condition originating in parts of the brain).