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MeSH Heading: Tabes Dorsalis
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.223.600.800; C01.150.252.400.794.840.500.750.800; C01.150.252.400.840.500.750.800; C01.207.180.600.800; C10.228.228.180.600.800; C10.228.854.889
Unique ID: D013606
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013606
Scope Note: Parenchymatous NEUROSYPHILIS marked by slowly progressive degeneration of the posterior columns, posterior roots, and ganglia of the spinal cord. The condition tends to present 15 to 20 years after the initial infection and is characterized by lightening-like pains in the lower extremities, URINARY INCONTINENCE; ATAXIA; severely impaired position and vibratory sense, abnormal gait (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), OPTIC ATROPHY; Argyll-Robertson pupils, hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and trophic joint degeneration (Charcot's Joint; see ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p726)
Entry Term(s): Locomotor Ataxia; Myelosyphilis; Spinal Cord Syphilis; Spinal Meningovascular Syphilis; Syphilis, Spinal Cord; Syphilitic Meningomyelitis; Tabes Spinalis; Tabetic Neurosyphilis
NLM Classification #: WC 165
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

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Concept UI: M0020992
Scope Note: Parenchymatous NEUROSYPHILIS marked by slowly progressive degeneration of the posterior columns, posterior roots, and ganglia of the spinal cord. The condition tends to present 15 to 20 years after the initial infection and is characterized by lightening-like pains in the lower extremities, URINARY INCONTINENCE; ATAXIA; severely impaired position and vibratory sense, abnormal gait (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), OPTIC ATROPHY; Argyll-Robertson pupils, hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and trophic joint degeneration (Charcot's Joint; see ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p726)
Terms: Tabes Dorsalis Preferred Term
Term UI T039971
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Tabes Spinalis
Term UI T370730
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Tabetic Neurosyphilis
Term UI T370731
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Concept UI: M0336218
Terms: Locomotor Ataxia Preferred Term
Term UI T039968
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Spinal Cord Syphilis
Term UI T039969
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Syphilis, Spinal Cord
Term UI T039970
Date04/12/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Myelosyphilis
Term UI T370725
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Syphilitic Meningomyelitis
Term UI T370732
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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