Locomotor ataxia

Introduction: Locomotor ataxia

Description of Locomotor ataxia

Locomotor ataxia: the severe gait ataxia seen with tabetic neurosyphilis. Patients walk with the feet wide apart, slapping them clumsily to the floor with each step, and depend on visual cues to maintain balance.tabetic neurosyphilis.
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Locomotor ataxia: syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence.
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Locomotor ataxia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Locomotor ataxia:

• Locomotor
• Ataxia (478 causes)

Terms associated with Locomotor ataxia:

Terms Similar to Locomotor ataxia:

• tabes dorsalis

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Broader terms for Locomotor ataxia

• neurosyphilis

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Hierarchical classifications of Locomotor ataxia

The following list attempts to classify Locomotor ataxia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

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• neurosyphilis
• pox,syph,syphilis
• Cupid's disease,Cupid's itch,sexually transmitted disease,social disease,VD,venereal disease,Venus's curse
• contagion,contagious disease
• communicable disease
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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