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ID DOID:14784
Name olivopontocerebellar atrophy
Definition A neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, leading to clumsiness in body movements, veering from midline when walking, wide-based stance, and falls without signs of paralysis or weakness and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) resulting in degeneration of neuron in the cerebellum, pons and inferior olives.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/opca/opca.htm
Xrefs

MESH:D009849

NCI:C84947

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:67761004

UMLS_CUI:C0028968

Alternateids

DOID:12708

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DO_FlyBase_slim

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Synonyms

Dejerine-Thomas syndrome [EXACT]

Thomas' syndrome [EXACT]

WADIA-SWAMI SYNDROME [EXACT]

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is_a neurodegenerative disease

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