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JewishEncyclopedia.com - NERVOUS DISEASES: (1679 words) |
 | Locomotor ataxia is one of the most important organic nervous diseases, and is usually attributed to syphilis. |
| Minor found that among his patients the proportion of locomotor ataxia to the total number of cases was: among Christians, 2.9 per cent; among Jews, 0.8 per cent—i.e. |
| In general it may be summarized that the Jews suffer chiefly from the functional nervous diseases, particularly from hysteria and neurasthenia, and that the organic nervous degenerations, such as locomotor ataxia, progressive paralysis of the insane ( |
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Dorlands Medical Dictionary (1629 words) |
| congenital ataxia of lambs, with cerebral demyelination, sometimes proceeding to paralysis, blindness, and death; the cause is thought to be a copper deficiency. |
| It is attended by ataxia, speech impairment, lateral curvature of the spinal column, and peculiar swaying and irregular movements, with paralysis of the muscles, especially of the lower extremities, and a high-arched foot. |
| a.-telangiectasia an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia and nystagmus, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, variable degrees of humoral and cellular immunodeficiency, recurrent bacterial infections of the respiratory tract from sinuses to lungs, and an increased incidence of lymphoreticular malignancies. |
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