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ID DOID:10027
Name tabes dorsalis
Definition A tertiary neurosyphilis that results in slow degeneration of the nerve cells and nerve fibers that carry sensory information to the brain. The infection has symptom intense, stabbing pain in the back and legs that recurs irregularly, has symptom gait ataxia, has symptom hyperesthesia, has symptom paresthesia, has symptom loss of bladder sensation leading to urine retention, has symptom erectile dysfunction.
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec14/ch194/ch194i.html?qt=latent%20syphylis&alt=sh, http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tabes_dorsalis/tabes_dorsalis.htm
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GARD:8730

ICD10CM:A52.11

ICD9CM:094.0

MESH:D013606

NCI:C35057

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:266134000

UMLS_CUI:C0039223

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

gram-negative_bacterial_infectious_disease

NCIthesaurus

sexually_transmitted_infectious_disease

Synonyms

Posterior spinal sclerosis [EXACT]

Tabes dorsalis - neurosyphilis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a tertiary neurosyphilis

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