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Partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body
Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations (which can destroy the gene to build up the
Atrophy
Loss of skeletal muscle mass
Muscle atrophy is the loss of skeletal muscle mass. It can be caused by immobility, aging, malnutrition, medications, or a wide range of injuries or diseases
Muscle_atrophy
Reduction in the size and function of the testicles
Testicular atrophy is a medical condition in which one or both testicles (or "testes") diminish in size and may be accompanied by reduced testicular function
Testicular_atrophy
Rare congenital neuromuscular disorder
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually
Spinal_muscular_atrophy
Medical condition
Cerebral atrophy is a common feature of many of the diseases that affect the brain. Atrophy of any tissue means a decrement in the size of the cell, which
Cerebral_atrophy
Neurodegenerative disorder
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity, postural instability (collectively
Multiple_system_atrophy
Chronic inflammation and degradation of the stomach lining
Atrophic gastritis is a process of chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa of the stomach, leading to a loss of gastric glandular cells and their eventual
Atrophic_gastritis
Skin thinning due to prolonged exposure to topical steroids
Steroid-induced skin atrophy is thinning of the skin at the level of the epidermis as a result of prolonged exposure to topical steroids. This is the
Steroid-induced_skin_atrophy
Medical condition
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant
Posterior_cortical_atrophy
Medical condition
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)—formerly known as vulvovaginal atrophy and atrophic vaginitis—refers to a constellation of physical changes in the vulva
Atrophic_vaginitis
Advanced form of age-related macular degeneration
Geographic atrophy (GA), also known as atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or advanced dry AMD, is an advanced form of age-related macular
Geographic_atrophy
Muscular degenerative disorders caused by dysfunction of spinal neurons
Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare debilitating disorders characterised by the degeneration
Spinal_muscular_atrophies
Rare neurodegenerative disease
entities, include primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), progressive bulbar palsy, pseudobulbar palsy, and monomelic amyotrophy
ALS
American thrash metal band
Atrophy is an American thrash metal band. It was formed in Tucson, Arizona in 1986. The band released two studio albums in their initial stint before
Atrophy_(band)
Neuromuscular disease
sensory and motor symptoms of numbness, tingling, weakness and muscle atrophy, pain, and progressive foot deformities over time. In some cases, CMT also
Charcot–Marie–Tooth_disease
Shrinkage of the breasts
Breast atrophy is the normal or spontaneous atrophy or shrinkage of the breasts. Breast atrophy commonly occurs in women during menopause when estrogen
Breast_atrophy
Brown atrophy of the heart is atrophy of the heart muscle (or myocardium) commonly found in the elderly. It is described as brown because fibers become
Brown_atrophy_of_the_heart
Medical condition
Dominant optic atrophy (DOA), or autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), (Kjer's type) is an autosomally inherited disease that affects the optic nerves
Kjer's_optic_neuropathy
Medical condition
Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), also called Duchenne–Aran disease and Duchenne–Aran muscular atrophy, is a disorder characterized by the degeneration
Progressive_muscular_atrophy
Vision loss due to damage to the macula of the eye
Incipient atrophy is demarcated by areas of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) thinning or depigmentation that precedes geographic atrophy in the early
Macular_degeneration
Medical condition
atrophy of neural tissue. Hypertrophic condition causes neural stiffness and a demyelination of nerves in the peripheral nervous system, and atrophy causes
Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
Hereditary_motor_and_sensory_neuropathy
Chronic inflammation and degradation of the nose
Chronic atrophic rhinitis (often simply atrophic rhinitis) is a chronic inflammation of the nose characterised by atrophy of nasal mucosa, including the
Chronic_atrophic_rhinitis
Primary sexual organ of male animals
In many animals, a penis (/ˈpiːnɪs/; pl.: penises or penes) is the male sexual organ used to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation.
Penis
Congenital disorder of nervous system
Dentatorubral–pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is an autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degeneration caused by an expansion of a CAG repeat encoding a polyglutamine
Dentatorubral–pallidoluysian atrophy
Dentatorubral–pallidoluysian_atrophy
Array of painful conditions in humans
Type I, formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), Sudeck's atrophy, or algoneurodystrophy, does not exhibit demonstrable nerve lesions. As
Complex regional pain syndrome
Complex_regional_pain_syndrome
Rare motor neuron disease
global distribution. It is typically marked by insidious onset of muscle atrophy of an upper limb, which plateaus after two to five years from which it
Hirayama_disease
2024 studio album by Atrophy
Asylum is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Atrophy, released on March 15, 2024. This is their first studio album in 34 years, following
Asylum_(Atrophy_album)
Aesthetic atrophy is the diminished capacity to appreciate new or unfamiliar music or other sensory stimuli. It is typically accompanied by the sufferer's
Aesthetic_atrophy
Very Rare disease involving degeneration of tissues beneath the skin
tissues beneath the skin, usually on only one side of the face (hemifacial atrophy) but occasionally extending to other parts of the body. An autoimmune mechanism
Parry–Romberg_syndrome
Group of neurodegenerative disorders
disorders caused by genetic mutations and characterised by progressive atrophy of various parts of the brain such as the cerebellum or brainstem (particularly
Pontocerebellar_hypoplasia
Dementia involving the frontal or temporal lobes
cortical atrophy patterns. While atrophy in FTD can affect other brain regions, it is often most pronounced in the frontal and temporal lobes. Atrophy patterns
Frontotemporal_dementia
Medical condition
include vision impairment/blindness due to optic atrophy characteristic of the disorder, deafness due to atrophy of the nerves that aid in hearing, problems
CAPOS_syndrome
Finger-like projection of the small intestine
villi can sometimes disappear. This deterioration is known as villous atrophy, and is often a feature of coeliac disease. Microvilli (shaggy hair) show
Intestinal_villus
Type of progressive dementia
brain. The synucleinopathies include Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, and other rarer conditions. The vocabulary of diseases associated with
Dementia_with_Lewy_bodies
Law stating that bone adapts to mechanical loading
Wolff's law, developed by the German anatomist and surgeon Julius Wolff (1836–1902) in the 19th century, states that bone in a healthy animal will adapt
Wolff's_law
Medical condition
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), popularly known as Kennedy's disease, is a rare, adult-onset, X-linked recessive lower motor neuron disease
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy
Spinal_and_bulbar_muscular_atrophy
Rare neurodegenerative disease
Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (SMA-PME), sometimes called Jankovic–Rivera syndrome, is a very rare neurodegenerative disease
Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy
Spinal_muscular_atrophy_with_progressive_myoclonic_epilepsy
Gene therapy medication
Zolgensma among others, is a gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy, a disease causing muscle function loss in children. It involves a one-time
Onasemnogene_abeparvovec
Medical condition
Distal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (DSMA1), also known as spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1), is a rare neuromuscular
Distal spinal muscular atrophy type 1
Distal_spinal_muscular_atrophy_type_1
Medical condition
Progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy, also known for its abbreviations PBCRA or CRAPB, is a rare, slowly progressive, autosomal dominant syndrome
Progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy
Progressive_bifocal_chorioretinal_atrophy
Domesticated species of canid
such as conjunctivitis, glaucoma, entropion, and progressive retinal atrophy; and neoplasia. Common dog parasites are lice, fleas, fly larvae, ticks
Dog
Group of motor neuron diseases
neuron cells in the anterior horn of the spinal cord and subsequent muscle atrophy.[citation needed] Although they can hardly be distinguished from hereditary
Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies
Distal_hereditary_motor_neuronopathies
Medical condition
smooth and erythematous (reddened) surface, (sometimes specifically termed atrophic glossitis). In a wider sense, glossitis can mean inflammation of the tongue
Glossitis
Group of neurological disorders affecting motor neurons
pseudobulbar palsy, progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and monomelic amyotrophy (MMA), as
Motor_neuron_diseases
Medical condition
Muscular atrophy-ataxia-retinitis pigmentosa-diabetes mellitus syndrome, also known as Kurukawa-Takagi-Nakao syndrome, is a very rare genetic disorder
Muscular atrophy-ataxia-retinitis pigmentosa-diabetes mellitus syndrome
Muscular_atrophy-ataxia-retinitis_pigmentosa-diabetes_mellitus_syndrome
Medication
IgG4 lambda monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. It is a recombinant monoclonal antibody targeting proforms of myostatin
Apitegromab
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Spinal cord injury Spinal cord tumors Spinal muscular atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type
List of neurological conditions and disorders
List_of_neurological_conditions_and_disorders
Medical condition
decade of life as a result of serious neurological degradation. Cortical atrophy is less severe in CS Type I. CS Type II is present from birth (congenital)
Cockayne_syndrome
Medical condition
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy-deafness syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by olivopontocerebellar atrophy which begins in infancy, sensorineural
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy-deafness syndrome
Olivopontocerebellar_atrophy-deafness_syndrome
Genetic eye disease in dogs and cats
Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is a group of genetic diseases seen in certain breeds of dogs and, more rarely, cats. Similar to retinitis pigmentosa
Progressive_retinal_atrophy
Topics referred to by the same term
Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance, sometimes called lower extremity-predominant spinal muscular atrophy, may refer to: Spinal
Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance
Spinal_muscular_atrophy_with_lower_extremity_predominance
Neuromuscular disorder
Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 1 (SMALED1) is an extremely rare neuromuscular disorder of infants characterised by severe progressive
Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 1
Spinal_muscular_atrophy_with_lower_extremity_predominance_1
Medical condition
known as Davidson's disease, congenital microvillus atrophy and, less specifically, microvillus atrophy (note: microvillus is often misspelled as microvillous)
Microvillous inclusion disease
Microvillous_inclusion_disease
Medical condition
Bosch–Boonstra–Schaaf optic atrophy syndrome is a rare autosomally inherited condition characterised by developmental delay, intellectual disability and
Bosch–Boonstra–Schaaf optic atrophy syndrome
Bosch–Boonstra–Schaaf_optic_atrophy_syndrome
Progressive neurological disease
among others. As with other forms of ataxia, SCA frequently results in atrophy of the cerebellum, loss of fine coordination of muscle movements leading
Spinocerebellar_ataxia
Changes made by a cell in response to environmental changes
Cellular atrophy is a decrease in cell size. If enough cells in an organ undergo atrophy the entire organ will decrease in size. Thymus atrophy during early
Cellular_adaptation
Medical condition
X-linked spinal muscular atrophy type 2 (SMAX2, XLSMA), also known as arthrogryposis multiplex congenita X-linked type 1 (AMCX1), is a rare neurological
X-linked spinal muscular atrophy type 2
X-linked_spinal_muscular_atrophy_type_2
Medical condition
Keratosis follicularis-dwarfism-cerebral atrophy syndrome is a rare, presumably X-linked recessive genetic disorder characterized by keratosis follicularis
Keratosis follicularis-dwarfism-cerebral atrophy syndrome
Keratosis_follicularis-dwarfism-cerebral_atrophy_syndrome
Autoimmune disorder
Lieberkuhn (crypt hyperplasia), and shortening or absence of villi (villous atrophy). As these features can be seen in other disorders, they are not diagnostic
Coeliac_disease
Medical condition
conditions linked to RLS include Parkinson's disease, spinal cerebellar atrophy, spinal stenosis,[specify] lumbosacral radiculopathy and Charcot–Marie–Tooth
Restless_legs_syndrome
Hereditary condition characterized by muscle wasting
Congenital distal spinal muscular atrophy (cDSMA), also known as distal hereditary motor neuropathy (or neuronopathy) type VIII (dHMN8), is a hereditary
Congenital distal spinal muscular atrophy
Congenital_distal_spinal_muscular_atrophy
Collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), without blood, located under the dural membrane
into the subdural space especially in cases with moderate to severe brain atrophy. In these cases, symptoms such as mild fever, headache, drowsiness and
Subdural_hygroma
Medication used for spinal muscular atrophy
marketed as Spinraza, is a medication used in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare neuromuscular disorder. In December 2016, it became the first
Nusinersen
Medical condition from optic nerve damage
swelling, which typically resolves within 2 months, but often leads to optic atrophy. The likelihood of vision improvement after developing this condition is
Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Non-arteritic_anterior_ischemic_optic_neuropathy
Medical condition
took place prior to the atrophy's appearance, anetoderma of Jadassohn-Pellizzari, in which inflammation occurs before the atrophic lesions appear, and anetoderma
Anetoderma
Medical condition
anterior horn, such as spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, poliomyelitis and progressive muscular atrophy. A slow onset and a lack of pain
Split_hand_syndrome
Abnormal increase in cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (due to hippocampal atrophy specifically). Therefore, the presenting symptoms of this condition will
Hydrocephalus
Medical condition
Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Other rare disorders, such as various neuroaxonal dystrophies, also
Synucleinopathy
Medical condition
them to cover the healthy eye. Optic neuropathy is often called optic atrophy, to describe the loss of some or most of the fibers of the optic nerve
Optic_neuropathy
Medical condition
is typically associated with the onset of visual deterioration (optic atrophy) in early childhood followed by the development of movement problems and
Costeff_syndrome
Octogenarian who is cognitively much younger
associated with greater regional cerebral volumes, slower rate of cortical atrophy, less pathological burden associated with Alzheimer's disease, and genetic
Superager
Chemical compound
the brand name Evrysdi, is a medication used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and is the first oral medication approved to treat this disease by
Risdiplam
Visual impairment caused by a brain problem
Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus Huntington's disease Olivopontocerebellar atrophy Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm
Cortical_visual_impairment
American country singer (1932–2003)
neurodegenerative disease Shy–Drager syndrome, a form of multiple system atrophy. According to biographer Robert Hilburn, the disease was initially misdiagnosed
Johnny_Cash
False enlargement of muscle due to infiltration of fat or other tissue
poliomyelitis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, spinal muscular atrophy. In pseudohypertrophy where the atrophied muscle tissue has been infiltrated by fat tissue,
Pseudohypertrophy
Compression of the median nerve in the wrist
years to decades, CTS causes loss of sensitivity, weakness, and shrinkage (atrophy) of the thenar muscles at the base of the thumb. Work-related factors such
Carpal_tunnel_syndrome
Season of television series
George Sr, Lindsay, Gob, Tobias, and Maeby all there. 71 3 "Everyone Gets Atrophy" Troy Miller Mitchell Hurwitz May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29) 5AJD03 Michael
Arrested_Development_season_5
Medical condition
Behr syndrome is characterized by the association of early-onset optic atrophy with spinocerebellar degeneration resulting in ataxia, pyramidal signs
Behr_syndrome
Dermatologic terminology
thinning of skin. Types include: Follicular atrophoderma Steroid-induced skin atrophy Linear atrophoderma of Moulin Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini "Atrophoderma"
Atrophoderma
Part of the female reproductive tract
therapy. After menopause, the body produces less estrogen. This causes atrophic vaginitis (thinning and inflammation of the vaginal walls), which can lead
Vagina
Intense physical sensation of sexual release
hormones supporting sexuality and genital functionality. Vaginal and clitoral atrophy and dryness affect up to 50–60 percent of postmenopausal women. Testosterone
Orgasm
Term for several kidney diseases
glomerulonephritis progresses, the tubules of the kidney become infected, leading to atrophy and hyalinisation. The kidney appears to shrink. Treatment with corticosteroids
Glomerulonephritis
pseudobulbar palsy, progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and monomelic amyotrophy (MMA), as
List of people with motor neuron disease
List_of_people_with_motor_neuron_disease
Human disease
mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness), is a rare autosomal-recessive genetic disorder that causes childhood-onset diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness
Wolfram_syndrome
American actor and activist (1952–2004)
specialized exercise machines to stimulate his muscles and prevent muscle atrophy and osteoporosis. He believed that intense physical therapy could regenerate
Christopher_Reeve
Biological process of getting older
Computer tomographies of medial temporal lobe, posterior atrophy and frontal cortical atrophy. Superagers usually show less cortical atrophy.
Ageing
Inflammation of the stomach lining
include stomach bleeding, stomach ulcers, and stomach tumors. Autoimmune atrophic gastritis may lead to issues including pernicious anemia. Common causes
Gastritis
Rare metabolic disorder
disorder. It typically presents in early childhood with dystonia, optic atrophy, and basal ganglia signal abnormalities, although an LHON-like optic neuropathy
MEPAN_syndrome
Medical condition
it was difficult to distinguish between uterine hypoplasia and uterine atrophy, a condition where a fully developed uterus subsequently shrinks. Diethylstilbestrol
Uterine_hypoplasia
Medical condition
Heel pad syndrome Other names Heel fat pad syndrome, heel pad atrophy, heel fat pad atrophy Specialty Podiatry
Heel_pad_syndrome
Disease involving the vertebral column
refers to back pain. Some other spinal diseases include spinal muscular atrophy, ankylosing spondylitis, scoliosis, lumbar spinal stenosis, spina bifida
Spinal_disease
Medical condition
bulbar muscular atrophy, which is named after William R. Kennedy. Pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome is defined as one-sided optic atrophy with papilledema
Foster_Kennedy_syndrome
Order of flies
of human neuromuscular diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy, spinobulbar muscular atrophy, myotonic dystrophy, dystrophinopathies and other inherited
Flightless_fruit_fly
Medical condition
patients using inhaled steroids and smokers, and is usually a kind of chronic atrophic oral candidiasis, but hematinic deficiency and diabetes should be excluded
Median_rhomboid_glossitis
External genitalia of the female mammal
levels decrease, which causes changes in the vulva known as vulvovaginal atrophy. The decreased estrogen affects the mons, the labia, and the vaginal opening
Vulva
Species of bear
The hibernating bear does not display the same rate of muscle and bone atrophy relative to other nonhibernatory animals that are subject to long periods
American_black_bear
Human male external reproductive organ
recently brain-dead man, aged 23, was selected for the transplant. Despite atrophy of blood vessels and nerves, the arteries, veins, nerves and the corpora
Human_penis
Medical condition
Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus Huntington's disease Olivopontocerebellar atrophy Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm
Cortical_blindness
Contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
common cold) Head sinuses Sinusitis nose Rhinitis Vasomotor rhinitis Atrophic rhinitis Hay fever Nasal polyp Rhinorrhea nasal septum Nasal septum deviation
COVID-19
Lack of red blood cells due to vitamin B12 deficiency
be considered as an end stage of autoimmune atrophic gastritis, a disease characterised by stomach atrophy and the presence of antibodies to parietal cells
Pernicious_anemia
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