Striatonigral Degeneration
"Striatonigral Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A sporadic neurodegenerative disease with onset in middle-age characterized clinically by Parkinsonian features (e.g., MUSCLE RIGIDITY; HYPOKINESIA; stooped posture) and HYPOTENSION. This condition is considered a clinical variant of MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. Pathologic features include a prominent loss of neurons in the zona compacta of the SUBSTANTIA NIGRA and PUTAMEN. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1075-6)
| Descriptor ID |
D020955
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.177.575.550.875 C10.228.140.079.612.800 C10.228.662.550.800 C10.574.625.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Striatonigral Degeneration- Striatonigral Degeneration
- Degeneration, Striatonigral
- Striatonigral Degenerations
- Striatonigral Atrophy
- Atrophies, Striatonigral
- Atrophy, Striatonigral
- Striatonigral Atrophies
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Common Variants Near ZIC1 and ZIC4 in Autopsy-Confirmed Multiple System Atrophy. Mov Disord. 2022 10; 37(10):2110-2121.