Sentence examples for ataxia from inspiring English sources
noun
Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
Hartnup disease is a disorder of amino acid transport in the intestines and kidneys; ataxia, a photosensitive rash, and mental abnormalities are the main symptoms.
The lateral lobes are the most recent parts of the cerebellum to develop; if they are damaged, ataxia (incoordination) of the limbs may occur so that arm and leg movements are awkward and impaired by a possibly severe tremor.
Another neurologic disorder, tabes dorsalis, or locomotor ataxia, is produced by degeneration of the posterior columns of the spinal cord; it brings on intense back pain, lack of muscular coordination, and wasting.
He was also first to describe the disintegration of ligaments and joint surfaces (Charcot's disease, or Charcot's joint) caused by locomotor ataxia and other related diseases or injuries.
The first manifestation is usually "lightning pain," transient, stabbing pains affecting the legs; this is followed by loss of tendon reflexes and by progressive loss of muscular coordination (ataxia) causing a spasmodic, uneven walk.
In his study of muscular atrophy, Charcot described the symptoms of locomotor ataxia, a degeneration of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord and of the sensory nerve trunks.
Examples include Bloom syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia, Fanconi anemia, and xeroderma pigmentosum.
Lymphocytopenia is associated with a variety of conditions, ranging from malnutrition to rare inherited disorders such as ataxia-telangiectasia or severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
After a new round of lab work was done, Bertrand's doctors concluded that he likely had a rare, inherited movement disorder called ataxia-telangiectasia.
But in 1993, two of his toddlers were diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called ataxia-telangiectasia, which robs its victims of muscle control and makes them highly susceptible to cancer.
Ataxia-telangiectasia Louis-Barresultsome) results in cerebellar incoordination and choreic movements, overgrowth of blood vessels on the conjunctiva (eye membranes), and disorders of the immune system.
