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ATROPHIE MULTISYSTEMATISEE [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

The MSA Society for Community Living is a not-for-profit agency founded on July 8, 1957 ...

OBS

The MSA Society for Community Living is committed to supporting adults with developmental disabilities to fully access and equally participate in their community.

OBS

MSA: multiple system atrophy.

Key term(s)
  • Multiple System Atrophy Society for Community Living

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

MSA : multiple system atrophy(en français, atrophie multisystématisée).

Key term(s)
  • Multiple System Atrophy Society for Community Living

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A progressive brain disorder caused by loss of nerve cells in specific areas of the brain.

CONT

MSA includes conditions that were previously known individually as "Shy-Drager syndrome," striatonigral degeneration and sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy. Researchers have learned that there is a common underlying cause in all three disorders, so they are now referred to as MSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Maladie neurodégénérative causée par la perte de neurones dans certaines parties du cerveau.

OBS

L’AMS inclut le syndrome de Shy et Drager, la dégénérescence striato-nigrique et l’atrophie olivo-ponto cérébelleuse sporadique.

Spanish

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