locomotor ataxia

severe incoordination in walking, producing an unsteady gait. It involves degeneration of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord and is seen in individuals with neurosyphilis. See general paresis. Also called tabes dorsalis.

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October 10th 2024

Werdnig–Hoffmann disease

see spinal muscular atrophy. [Guido Werdnig (1862–1919), Austrian neurologist; Johann Hoffmann (1857–1919), German neurologist]